Comment on Plex has paywalled my server!
Nibodhika@lemmy.world 1 week agoI’ve had that happen to me with plex, it was probably 100% my fault because I specifically changed things during the setup of the docker file, but apparently Plex can’t figure out that is local if it’s running inside docker with non-host network, it probably only accepts local connections from the docker network, and I was never able to make it treat my actual home network as local.
Zanathos@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Under Settings > Network there is a setting for this. Image
Fribbtastic@lemmy.world 1 week ago
LAN networks is only available for plex pass users
Zanathos@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It all starts to make sense then. I need to set Jellyfin up soon. It’s only a matter of time before they come after the “Lifetime” purchasers like myself. I bought it over a decade ago at this point.
Fribbtastic@lemmy.world 1 week ago
the actual problem here is that OPs network is not configured correctly and that Plex detects that the physical local client is actually accessing the server from a totally other network.
Fairly common when you use docker to run Plex and have the container run in bridge mode. This will put the container in the docker network that will then be different to your local network.
Plex determines if a stream is local or remote based on the network so when your container is in bridge mode, the physical local client will be a remote connection because of the different networks.
And since remote streaming requires Plex pass since end of April, you will see this.
Nibodhika@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I don’t have that configuration: Image
Zanathos@lemmy.world 1 week ago
As someone else mentioned, this is only available to PlexPass users. Sorry for the confusion! I bought my lifetime sub over a decade ago at this point and forget about these inconsistencies that used to just be part of the product.
Nibodhika@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Therefore it’s literally impossible for me to watch my media locally, way to go Plex.