Comment on Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week
nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 hours agoPlex can be accessed outside of your network but it would be best to have set up a vpn so that it isn’t open to anyone to try logging in
GraveyardOrbit@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
This makes it a complete nonstarter as a plex replacement. My 89 year old grandparents and tech illiterate friends can’t and won’t use a vpn for streaming. Until jellyfin can be 1 click accessed from anywhere securely over clear net it’s not a replacement.
theangriestbird@beehaw.org 1 hour ago
It can be, speaking from extensive personal experience. I followed their Reverse Proxy guides, now my tech-illiterate friends access my server via a duckdns url.
GraveyardOrbit@lemmy.zip 58 minutes ago
Setting up a reverse proxy and dynamic domain is not one click. Jellyfin has also yet to resolve the unsecured api so I wouldn’t expose it on the clear
theangriestbird@beehaw.org 30 minutes ago
Maybe not for the server administrator, but for users, it’s mega easy. Download Jellyfin app on TV. Enter URL for server. Login like a normal streaming service. Done. As far as I know, Plex requires these same steps, so if Plex works for your 89 year old grandparents, Jellyfin would as well.
In what way is the API insecure? What types of attacks are you concerned about?
superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
Ya, I use Jellyfin at home but I left Plex up for my parents to remote stream. Plex is just superior in that regard.
nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 hours ago
Vpn was my recommendation. You can leave it open to anyone, or put it behind a separate auth page. Or whatever you want.
My jellyfin is local only. If i wanted to give you access to it, i could flip a switch right now. That’s what the many reverse proxy options detailed in the link i gave discuss