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This Week in Self-Host (selfh.st)
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[–] 16 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I have my own domains, but I do not use them for Jellyfin. I use Jellyfin on my lan or over my personal VPN.

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago* (4 children)

    That means it can't be shared (easily) with others. That's the appeal of Plex and the reason why switching entirely to Jellyfin is not an easy thing to do.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Exactly, I am not going to troubleshoot VPNs with my mother in law when they have an issue.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    that's valid, but would you rather spend $8/year on a domain and spend an hour setting it up, or pay a monthly subscription to a closed source plex server?

    Also, there's *arr stack applications for helping non-technical users get set up on your jellyfin server, even helping them get set up with request apps too. JFA-GO is also a jellyfin native option for sending user invites.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Oh, I didn't mean to say I was using Plex there. Jellyfin + domain + reverse proxy is what I do for both Jellyfin and Seerr. I was just saying people who say "wireguard is the only way to go" aren't taking into account all workflows, like sharing with family and having them connect via their TVs.

    I also just don't want family and friends on my home network all the time, haha.

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