Exactly. Thats why i use jellyfin now. Try installing it alongside. For me it worked well.
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UxyIVrljPeRl@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Welp, i killed mine yesterday as it wouldnt let me stream while offline. Modem died so no Internet for me. Why do i have everything local if it dosent work while offline…
haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 10 months ago
UxyIVrljPeRl@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Its already installed, but missing features, i was waiting for them to finish the db changes, because thats whats blocking them…
haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 10 months ago
what features are you missing?
MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 9 months ago
security
JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
FYI you can definitely watch while your network is offline. You just net to tell it that you’re happy with that (it’s not activated by default for security reasons).
In your Plex server settings, go to Network, enable “Show Advanced”.
Near the bottom, find the textbox that says
List of IP addresses and networks that are allowed without authIn this field, enter the local IP address of any Plex client(s) you want to keep using if your internet (or the Plex cloud) is down.
A example:
192.168.0.50Save the setting, done.
#Important thing to be aware of:
What this setting does is tell your local Plex server to simply give any Plex client that connects from that specific IP full admin access to your Plex server, ignoring any account restrictions. This means that if you have things in place to restrict access to some libraries (kids blocked from 18+ movies etc) those restrictions will have no effect. Also if you have the option set to allow file deletion, then any client from that IP could also delete items. And they could of course change any settings in your Plex server. So your kids can watch anything on your server, if you have a guest in your network and they browse to the Plex web interface, they can mess with things.
Because of that I would recommend to limit the amount of IP’s you enter in that field to the absolute bare minimum. For example, only whitelist the “main living room device” plus one device you to admin the server, such as a laptop.
If you want to whitelist multiple devices, this is a example:
192.168.0.50,192.168.0.77,192.168.0.80If you want to whitelist a entire network, these would be examples:
And of course those involved network devices should use static IPs in your home network.