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• gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  even if you’re already logged in, apps do not find and recognize your local server without internet access.

  You set your server in those app’s settings to not use direct connect and thus they are being routed through Plex’s servers

  When you select your Plex libraries from the drop-down there are usually 2 options, one will be the local IP and say (direct), that’s always the best choice if you’re able

  I just turned off my Internet connection to my Chromecast and tested, no issues with accessing my media

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  • Wobble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Nice! How are you using a chromecast without internet? Mine screams at me to get a google account.

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    • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Chromecast w/ google TV, sorry, so like a fire stick but different branding. Once you’re signed into apps on it it’ll remember you cuz it’s a full android device

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      • Wobble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        How do you get past the first screen that asks for a google account?

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  • JakenVeina@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’ll take another look, but I didn’t see any such setting when I was trying to diagnose. And I haven’t changed any Plex settings since the last time we had an internet outage and it worked properly, just a month or two ago.

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• Xanza@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I try to explain this to the plex cultists and they usually have one of two responses;

  1. “Why would I be without internet?”
  2. “How is that helpful?”

  Takes every ounce of willpower I have to not eye roll.

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• Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A lot of people that run Plex have a Jellyfin container on standby, or they’ll use Plex for friends and family and use JF at home.

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  • dojan@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What is the point of Plex? I just went straight for Jellyfin and it does everything I need and then some. Is it just that people went with Plex initially and then stuck with it as it got enshittified?

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    • Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Plex has better security, federates and shares with other plex servers and generally is less hands-on for transcoding.

      But, I don’t use it. I like Jellyfin. It’s free and while it may lack a few features, it isn’t worse by any measure.

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      • Xanza@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        generally is less hands-on for transcoding.

        Yeah, I’m not gonna give you that one. It’s a single option that you toggle. Wanna use your nvidia GPU? Enable NVENC. AMD gpu/cpu? AMF. Intel CPU? QSV.

        Really not that hard…

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      • Laser@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Plex has better security, federates and shares with other plex servers and generally is less hands-on for transcoding.

        Regarding security, it’d be interesting to see how secure it actually is. Yeah, the individual endpoints might be protected better, but is Plex the company maybe a single point of failure?

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  • Xanza@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because why run one server for all your needs when you can double up, right? /s

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    • Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I didn’t say it was a good idea…

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• Zexks@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  KODI is calling.

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• Biscuit@ani.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What!?! Damn. I didn’t know it got that enshitty already.

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