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Re:Streama – A self-hosted streaming application with your o... by psheets on Thursday January 12, 2017 @07:55AM (#13381806)
I just switched from PLEX to Emby. Plex started to push Plex.TV down their users throats. Emby does not require any external authentication.

https://emby.media/index.html

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Re:Streama – A self-hosted streaming application with your o... by arghwhat on Thursday January 12, 2017 @08:36AM (#13382046)
How is plex.tv, their simple redirection service, pushed down your throat? You don't need to use any of that.

I have both running, but unfortunately, the Emby server just burns resources like there was no tomorrow, and you can't really compare the UX at all, hence using Plex.

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Re:Streama – A self-hosted streaming application with your o... by psheets on Thursday January 12, 2017 @11:31PM (#13388401)
You have to use it for user authentication which Emby does locally.
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Re:Streama – A self-hosted streaming application with your o... by arghwhat on Friday January 13, 2017 @06:15AM (#13389958)
That's optional. Plex has local account management. The iOS app hides it a bit, but it's there. You of course lose the plex.tv features (plex pass, etc.).
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