Comment on Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week

• theangriestbird@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Until jellyfin can be 1 click accessed from anywhere securely over clear net it’s not a replacement.

  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.

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  • GraveyardOrbit@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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

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    • theangriestbird@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Setting up a reverse proxy and dynamic domain is not one click

      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.

      Jellyfin has also yet to resolve the unsecured api

      In what way is the API insecure? What types of attacks are you concerned about?

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      • GraveyardOrbit@lemmy.zip ⁨32⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        Here is the primary writeup of the issues. My main problem is the way jellyfin staff handled this critique by downplaying and refusing to fix it

        github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/5415

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• superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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• nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨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

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