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curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week agoRemember that we’re talking about a server on your local network, and a device on the local network to make the connection for the stream. We aren’t talking about streaming over the internet.
- Client looks up server via DNS
- Client connects to public IP
- Client handshakes to server
- Server announces to client available connections (public, local)
- Client continues connections with local address
There is no need for tailscale or anything, this is a local connection. The only thing the public address is doing is the initial call to the server.
CameronDev@programming.dev 1 week ago
I get how that could work, but what services actually do that? Homeassistant can, but that needs to be setup explicitly for it to work.
curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Plex is a good example that does just that (not on my rec list but a good example) along with many business grade IPTV and media streaming products (think digital signage).
I’d really love to rework JF to do it, but structurally it wouldn’t work, you’d need a management service in front of it.