Comment on Why I moved my Plex library to Jellyfin after 14 years
Dojan@pawb.social 1 week ago I don’t mean that as a “I can do it so obviously everyone else can” I mean it more as a “what purpose does plex even serve in this regard?”
Like what do you mean plex provides bandwidth? It’s hosted locally, no? From your network and your server? They provide software but surely plex as a company doesn’t host your media?
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 week ago
They provide super-simple access from outside your home without any tech knowledge. Automagically. It even works (albeit slowly) without port forwarding.
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I guess I don’t understand why remote access is such a popular use case. Throw some shit on your phone, h/d, or thumbdrive and you’re good for a few hours. I crammed 4 full seasons of STNG on my phone recently.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Because I have friends and family that want access to some of the media I host. It’s a lot easier if I can just give them access and have it just work and whatever device they want to use.
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Ah, so you have friends and family! That is a blessing, and I know that from distant experience.
Is it like a TURN server that provides p2p connection or do they proxy it?
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I don’t know, and honestly that’s the beauty of it. It just works, and while I know every system is vulnerable to attack, I suspect it’s more secure than what I’d setup myself.