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People who are staying on Plex, have you tried Jellyfin? What about it do you not prefer? (real question) (discuss.online)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Honest question, because I know multiple people who are not looking to jump ship since they already have the Plex Pass.

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[–] [S] 1 point 5 months ago (7 children)

Any particular API security issues? Never considered exposing Jellyfin, but can certainly understand how it simplifies access.

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

    This was the security report from awhile back:

    https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/5415

    Lot's of things have been fixed but theres still much to do. The issue was broken down to smaller issues for tracking and I check back every once in a while.

    Even if there were no security issues, exposing jellyfin is also another can... choice of:

    1. open up ports
    2. cloudflare (and potential ban for video content on the free tier, even if caching is disabled)
    3. vps with enough bandwidth
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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (4 children)

    Don’t you have to open a port for Plex remote access?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 5 months ago

    I think the difference is Plex offers a web address you can use for logging into Plex and for sharing it with others. So, you get a friendly admin interface with oauth for logging in from other popular services as the Plex user getting setup.

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

    You do not but you'll be severely bandwidth limited. It'll go through their servers if a port can't be opened.

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