Is Netflix for torrents. On my TV, on my phone, at my in-laws. Pause on my phone and resume on my TV.
Surely it can’t be that hard to get it.
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Zagorath@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Honestly Plex has always given me the icks. Its weird hybrid of self-hosted but managed through their servers always struck me as the worst of both worlds. I’d rather put in a small amount extra effort to properly self-host my stuff, or do significantly less work and use something cloud-based. I just don’t understand what niche Plex is supposed to serve.
Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 11 months ago
PlexSheep@feddit.de 11 months ago
The remote stuff is easily achievable with other methods, like hosting a VPN server of some sort.
argarath@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Requires a lot more setup, especially on the client side. Media servers make things a lot easier.
PlexSheep@feddit.de 11 months ago
I just Selfhost tailscale now days, but it’s true that setting up VPNs can be a pain, especially if it’s containers and/or supposed to be an overlay network.
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Same reaction here. My Plex install lasted until I realized that I had to log into their servers to watch my own content. WTF is an understatement.
RaoulDook@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You don’t have to log into it, you can turn off authentication for your local network.
If you’re accessing it over the Internet without a VPN, then it should be no surprise that it requires a “cloud” login.
subtext@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It is a bit of a surprise though because j can host my own authentication (Keycloak, Authelia, Google OAuth as a stretch), or use the built in auth from the service the way Jellyfin does it.
I use Plex because it Just Works™ for my family, but eagerly waiting for Jellyfin to keep catching up.
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Who said anything about authentication to access it? A server cannot be set up without creating an account with the company and allowing the server to send Plex data.
RaoulDook@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You did. It was implied in your statement about logging into their servers. If you didn’t mean that then you should have worded it differently.
Evotech@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Honestly it’s a good feature for most, same with auth being a cloud service. But it would be nice to be able to self host that part too.
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
For remote access an account makes sense, but like many people I have no need of accessing my content without a VPN. There are other options out there that do not require logging into a company’s server to set up a local server.
Evotech@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I think if you are aiming for the general public it’s great that you can handle secure remote access and authentication. Because those things are the easiest to mess up and leave you vulnerable.
Plex is great at what it offers, and if that offering didn’t fit your needs then by all means use something else.
Radicaldog@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I cannot fathom why Plex is so dominant while Jellyfin, for my taste, is better. And Jellyfin is explicitly free, contributors cannot be paid, because they are funded by their intense hatred of capitalism.