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Plex server patching required (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Plex has notified some of its users on Thursday to urgently update their media servers due to a recently patched security vulnerability.

The company has yet to assign a CVE-ID to track the flaw and didn't provide additional details regarding the patch, only saying that it impacts Plex Media Server versions 1.41.7.x to 1.42.0.x.

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[+] -44 points 1 year ago (38 children)

Who the fuck still uses plex?

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  • [–] 57 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I still use Plex because I have a lifetime pass from many years ago and Jellyfin isn't yet as feature-rich and accessible on all of my family's devices.

    I expect to someday migrate fully to Jellyfin once Plex is enshittified to the point is being a worse experience, but that hasn't happened yet (with the Plex pass anyway)

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    I've never used Plex. What are some of the features that you're missing in Jellyfin? Genuinely curious.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Honestly the primary reason is some specific device support, eg. my TV has a built in Plex app but not a Jellyfin app, so switching also probably involves new hardware. I also couldn't get Jellyfin to work with another TV using Chromecast, but I'm getting rid of that anyway.

    Otherwise, maybe you can update me on these since it's been a few since I last tried Jellyfin, some of the things that come to mind are:

    • Smart collections & playlists
    • Skip intros and credits
    • Overall slick UI
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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Client availability is valid. I use an android tv, that's been easy for me. There are mobile clients for every phone and tablet.

    • I don't know what smart collections are, but I do get automatic collections for franchises (like all "28 x later") via a plugin. I don't have playlists, but I guess I never felt the need for one... What would you use them for, binge watching franchises?
    • skip intro and credits is a thing, built in since a few versions (used to be a plugin)
    • the UI is subjective, and I don't know any other one... I personally like how it looks, I customized quite a bit, easy to do via CSS.
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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Skip intros and credits is available on Jellyfin.

    I think the Plex UI is still better than Jellyfin, but I've gotten used to it.

    Never used the smart collections when I was on plex, so can't speak to that.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    For me personally, integration with something similar to the plex_debrid script. I love how easy it is to add something my plex watchlist and have the plex_debrid script fetch it, add it to my debrid account, update the network mount, and automatically refresh my plex library in a matter of 2 minutes tops.

    If jellyfin had a similar integration/feature I would switch over in a heartbeat.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    People who bought the lifetime Plex pass, and have a huge group of friends and family already connected to their servers.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Didn't stop me.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Nice anecdote.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

    Didn't stop me, either.

    In fact, Jellyseerr is a game changer. Wanna talk about it?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Sure! What does it do?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    https://docs.jellyseerr.dev/getting-started

    tldr: searches metadata websites for movies and TV shows, and then adds thing to Jellyfin.

    You can even then tell your *arrrr stack

    https://trash-guides.info/

    to report things that succeed/fail to external services like Telegram.

    https://files.catbox.moe/6758vv.jpg

    What I do find weird is actually searching the Plex server I have access to for media

    https://files.catbox.moe/rugpx0.jpg

    Like, I could? But what I like doing is abusing another family members fibre connection to request things for both of us, that then appears in their Jellyfin magically.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Neat.

    I have no issues with downloading stuff as I usually just download boxsets once a season has finished. All that is manual for me and I have no issues with that side of things. I think Jellyseer honestly wouldn't really help my issues with Jellyfin. Jellyfin has:

    • Poor design (by comparison)
    • Poor/inconsistent UI navigation in certain cases
    • Seemingly no deduplication/combining duplicates
    • Maybe something else I'm missing from Plex

    But since Plex is so bad on my TV, Jellyfin is still better sometimes. 😅

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Yeah I was gonna say, Plex has a terrible UI and is why I stay away from that crap.

    Jellyseerr thou is something even my less than tech savvy peeps I know just punch stuff into and making the Telegram channel make noises. I should really turn those notifications off.

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  • [+] 19 points 1 year ago (9 children)
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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    if it's just family and friends you care about, it was pretty easy for me to set up a jellyfin server at home and point a really small virtualhost on a server mapped to a domain name with a reverse proxy to my home ip and then just opening up the jellyfin port on my router. this was literally just for my mum and dad and brother so ymmv.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Use wireguard or Tailscale.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    This really isn’t viable as WireGuard clients are just that, single device per client connection, what if someone started watching/listening content on their phone then all of sudden wanted to switch over to their TV or streaming device without having to go through a lot of hoops?

    I opted to reverse proxy Jellyfin with Traefik however have fail2ban setup blocking every IP and only whitelisting the known users, added bonus of hiding Jellyfin’s default login form and required Keycloak for SSO.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I'm still using Plex because Jellyfin refuses to play surround sound on my Nvidia Shield. I do have a Jellyfin server running alongside Plex, with synchronized progress, for the inevitable point where I will have to jump ship.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    What's the app/smart device adoption like for jellyfin these days? Plex usage for clients is really smooth. Plex comes preloaded on so many smart devices and the app ecosystem is dead simple. I can't imagine having to walk my family and friends through setting up jellyfin.

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  • [+] -9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    From what I've gathered in other posts regarding Plex and jellyfin, the ones that never learned how to port forward or any other alternative solution for getting external traffic to their internal server. All the complaints I've read here regarding jellyfin boiled down to them relying on the Plex relay to handle the traffic for them.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Anecdote but ive been hosting Plex for family members for 10+ years. I tried the Jellyfin switch. Compared to Plex the Jellyfin apps are pretty bad, and I had a ton of performance problems with the remote streaming as well. Its just not ready for that use case. Family members begged me to go back to Plex.

    My family at home and myself, we are using Jellyfin currently. It works OK for home use but there are days I want to go back to Plex. Its just a more polished experience.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Jellyfin definitely does not feel like it's a finished product yet, no. I run both and Plex feels a lot more polished. It has automatic collections, duplicate detection, cleaner design, etc.

    Two things I hate about Plex.

    1. Its native WebOS app on LG TVs is incredibly slow. Every action takes seconds. Seeking in the video is quick but other than that, navigating the library is physically painful. Might have to do with my growing library size, but the mobile app is absolutely fine in this regard.
    2. Same TV version now: it is terrible at playing videos with multiple language audio tracks. It just plays the English (first?) track all the time, no matter which track I explicitly select. Super annoying when the kids are watching movies in our language. Jellyfin wins here, but the Plex mobile app is fine also on this point.

    Other than these things, Plex all day. I wish it weren't so. 😩

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I don't use the WebOS app but generally default subtitles/audio languages are set on your profile and the apps pick up those settings.

    Try logging in to the web interface and going to your user profile. There is a "Playback" section where you can set your preferred languages. If this isn't set it likely is taking the default language from your media files instead.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    It works fine on mobile and on the web interface via the same server, so it's definitely a problem with the TV version of Plex, unfortunately.

    Thank you for trying to help though. ❤️

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