Comment on Plex has paywalled my server!

• mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  2. It’s also the most complex to set up, and for many people the threshold is “walking your tech-illiterate mother-in-law through side loading it over the phone, because she lives 100 miles away… She’s afraid to touch her computer for anything except email and Facebook. And then resetting her password every 30 days, because she keeps locking herself out of it.” Suddenly the “just fucking sign into Plex and it automatically discovers your server” option becomes a lot more appealing.

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  • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Jellyfin is the most complex to set up, right? (Just making sure I’m reading this correctly)

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    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      To set it up “correctly”, yes. It’ll require owning your own domain, being able to configure it properly, knowing how to automate https certificate refreshes, and a few other things. Plex just requires forwarding a port in your router.

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      • RaccoonBall@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I thought self hosting was about learning networking basics like DNS and setting up let’s encrypt.

        So much whining in here about the most simple stuff being too complex.

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      • druidjaidan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Worse. Exposing Jellyfin to the internet is a bad idea given the teams stance on security. github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/5415#issue-82…

        The only safe way to host jellyfin is with a vpn.

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      • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Right.

        Even though I could do those things, I just want something that works.

        Plex (or even Emby) fits that request.

        Plus they both have an AppleTV app for fee that doesn’t suck.

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  • loutr@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    My tech-illiterate mom uses my Jellyfin instance with no issues. I sent her a link to the app store, her credentials, my server’s hostname and that was it. And once it’s set up, Jellyfin is much more straightforward to use than Plex.

    Sure Jellyfin has issues and doesn’t support as many types of devices, but Plex is far from perfect. I use it like twice a year, and the UI gets more and more confusing with each update IMO.

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    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Jellyfin doesn’t have an app on every App Store. On some, you have to sideload it, by enabling developer mode and connecting to a PC that is running an App Store server. Then the TV downloads it from the PC.

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      • loutr@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yep, that’s what I meant.

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  • tabular@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    To continue the metaphor: a partner can have many alluring qualities (income, hobbies, looks) but what does that matter if the relationship is abusive. Leaving (and dating someone “worse”) can be more difficult that just staying in the relationship, but the priority should be clear.

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• AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Welcome to “People rushing to suggest a solution that they fawn over because it’s open source.”

  How do you personally 100% beyond a shadow of a doubt know that Jellyfin is the right solution? Why not a VPN, shared folder, and VLC? What about running a DNLA server?

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  • tabular@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You mean a morally “right” solution? 😇

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  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Jellyfin has a DLNA plugin

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• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  self love isn’t always an option

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  • Zanathos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Thank you Internet stranger for reminding me of this sketch.

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    • tabular@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      What’s it from?

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      • Zanathos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        www.dailymotion.com/video/x2jvcd5

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  • tabular@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    A picture of the character Toad from the platform game series Super Mario. The image is cropped to only show Toad’s face. Toad is sweating.

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