Well plex can't be run without it pinging the mother ship...
But I get your point. I don't open shit up for remote use.
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KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml 2 days agoIn general, for self-hosting, we hardly rely on remote service/server. The whole idea of self-hosting is to shun dependency on external service/server, and run everything on your own hardware and network. So that every aspect of the service is in your control.
sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 days ago
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 days ago
Which is exactly why I never installed Plex and went straight to Jellyfin
sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 days ago
Plex has more apps support. But yeah I can't wait for the day where I can move over.
Carrot@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Was on the fence for a long time, and I made the move just recently (after the pricing changes. Didn’t effect me since I was grandfathered in, but I saw it as a harbinger for worse things to come) With the creation of Wizarr, it solved my biggest problems with Jellyfin. I can just send an invite link, and it creates accounts for people on Jellyfin, Audiobookshelf, and Kavita, and lets me set up introductory guides for everything. Despite the menu UI/UX being significantly worse than Plex, playback is smoother, load times are shorter, and it can actually handle streaming to really slow internet speeds, something that Plex had a lot of trouble with.
The only app I noticed missing was the Tizen app, but they are working on getting it approved. I only had one family member using a Tizen TV, so I just gave them an old chromecast to run off of instead.
Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 day ago
Jellyfish cannot to setup to securely and safely be exposed to the Internet. It is only safe to access through a VPN. That rules it out as an option for sharing with friends, family, or even my own spouse. You call it phoning home to the mother ship; I call it paying Plex to manage user authentication for me. Until Jellyfin’s security holes are patched and it becomes clear that the Jellyfin developers actually care about security, it stays locked down to my LAN. Setting up a VPN is difficult for the average user on a good day, impossible in some circumstances on even the best of days, and is not access I want to hand out (and support) to all the people I share my Plex with anyway.
KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
tailscale.com This is essentially a mesh Wireguard Tunnel connectivity that ensures only you can access your service remotely.
Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 day ago
That’s not very helpful for connecting family, friends, and especially grandma.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 9 hours ago
Not really true for self hosting a media library though, as this all relies on indexers, torrent sites, Usenet providers, metadata providers, subtitle providers, etc. If you host it for others outside of your household, you also rely on your ISP, their ISP, etc.