▲ 549 ▼ 4 reasons Plex is turning into the thing it replaced (www.androidauthority.com) submitted 11 months ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 223 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com -5 points 11 months ago (7 children) Sure, apart from charging for remote access. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago* That serves the purpose too. It’s harder to pin Plex as an “illegal distribution service” when you have to pay for access. Either the streamer or “distributor” can’t be very anonymous, which makes large scale sharing impractical. On the other hand, the more money they squeeze out, the more they risk appearing as if they “make money from piracy,” which is exactly how you get the MPAA’s attention. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 8 points 11 months ago (4 children) Remote access via their servers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago (2 children) I admit I’m very out of the loop, but my understanding is that remote access via their servers is the only supported remote viewing solution? Anything else is a “hack” so to speak. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 5 points 11 months ago If you have a static IP, or dynamic DNS set up, you can set up your own remote access with a reverse proxy like nginx. The nice thing is I get to use my own SSL certificate and all the actual streaming goes directly to my server, not through their proxies. The only "hacky" part about it is that the Admin dashboard shows "Not available outside your network", even though everything works perfectly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 2 points 11 months ago Everything else is "a hack" in the sense that it is literally just the way to get Jellyfin working outside your network too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago It's really not. They handle authentication but then everything is sent to your server. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago Dynamic DNS does cost money. But not $8 a month. Development also costs money which falls under the $8 a month, but really not my problem, which is why I use Jellyfin. I used to run Plex off of my Nvidia shield, which was a cool gateway drug to self hosting and I'm grateful to them for that, but I like handling the technical stuff myself. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago* That serves the purpose too. It’s harder to pin Plex as an “illegal distribution service” when you have to pay for access. Either the streamer or “distributor” can’t be very anonymous, which makes large scale sharing impractical. On the other hand, the more money they squeeze out, the more they risk appearing as if they “make money from piracy,” which is exactly how you get the MPAA’s attention. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 8 points 11 months ago (4 children) Remote access via their servers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago (2 children) I admit I’m very out of the loop, but my understanding is that remote access via their servers is the only supported remote viewing solution? Anything else is a “hack” so to speak. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 5 points 11 months ago If you have a static IP, or dynamic DNS set up, you can set up your own remote access with a reverse proxy like nginx. The nice thing is I get to use my own SSL certificate and all the actual streaming goes directly to my server, not through their proxies. The only "hacky" part about it is that the Admin dashboard shows "Not available outside your network", even though everything works perfectly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 2 points 11 months ago Everything else is "a hack" in the sense that it is literally just the way to get Jellyfin working outside your network too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago It's really not. They handle authentication but then everything is sent to your server. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago (2 children) I admit I’m very out of the loop, but my understanding is that remote access via their servers is the only supported remote viewing solution? Anything else is a “hack” so to speak. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 5 points 11 months ago If you have a static IP, or dynamic DNS set up, you can set up your own remote access with a reverse proxy like nginx. The nice thing is I get to use my own SSL certificate and all the actual streaming goes directly to my server, not through their proxies. The only "hacky" part about it is that the Admin dashboard shows "Not available outside your network", even though everything works perfectly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 2 points 11 months ago Everything else is "a hack" in the sense that it is literally just the way to get Jellyfin working outside your network too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 5 points 11 months ago If you have a static IP, or dynamic DNS set up, you can set up your own remote access with a reverse proxy like nginx. The nice thing is I get to use my own SSL certificate and all the actual streaming goes directly to my server, not through their proxies. The only "hacky" part about it is that the Admin dashboard shows "Not available outside your network", even though everything works perfectly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 2 points 11 months ago Everything else is "a hack" in the sense that it is literally just the way to get Jellyfin working outside your network too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago It's really not. They handle authentication but then everything is sent to your server. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago Dynamic DNS does cost money. But not $8 a month. Development also costs money which falls under the $8 a month, but really not my problem, which is why I use Jellyfin. I used to run Plex off of my Nvidia shield, which was a cool gateway drug to self hosting and I'm grateful to them for that, but I like handling the technical stuff myself. permalink fedilink source parent