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Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself? by 300bps on Friday April 28, 2023 @05:20PM (#35747244)
Your comment led me to learn about Plex Plugins even though I've been using Plex for literally a decade!

Unfortunately they're removing support for all Plugins over time and have already eliminated ones that play content.

https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/online-media-sou...

Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself? by lostlogin on Saturday April 29, 2023 @02:50AM (#35750664)
God. I wish they would stop shagging about with it content stuff (I don’t want their content, ever).

I would like a more logical arrangement of settings, remote setting of user resolutions (eg, please try native!).

Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself? by malermeister on Saturday April 29, 2023 @04:01AM (#35751015)
Try out Jellyfin! It's an open source Plex replacement that doesn't mess with its users.

I switched a year ago after some dumb monetization change at Plex annoyed me enough and it's just been so much better.

Imagine a product just like Plex, but without all the shit Plex tries to pull all the time!

Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself? by 300bps on Saturday April 29, 2023 @10:46AM (#35753357)
Wow. No idea this existed. I was about to set up a TV tuner with my Plex and pay $4.99 for the ability to broadcast live TV over Plex but see that JellyFin has this feature for free.

THANK YOU!

Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself? by sbarre on Sunday April 30, 2023 @09:16AM (#35762253)
Do you ever need to access your library remotely or from iOS devices?

That's the one killer app for Plex for me. I can get to my library when I'm on the road (music more than movies or TV).

Does Jellyfin do anything like this? Any other caveats if you've used both?

Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself? by malermeister on Sunday April 30, 2023 @12:42PM (#35764258)
I'm using a seedbox and I can access it from anywhere, just fine. I'll be honest, I'm not sure about the implementation details, but I'm pretty sure it's done via a reverse proxy like so: https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/networking/caddy/
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself? by sbarre on Sunday April 30, 2023 @01:26PM (#35764661)
Thanks for sharing! I'm reading the docs but was curious to also hear some first-hand experiences..
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself? by Arcuru on Sunday April 30, 2023 @12:32PM (#35764152)
I like the idea of Jellyfin, but I had a lot of performance issues with Jellyfin and ended up having to switch back to Plex.
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself? by malermeister on Sunday April 30, 2023 @12:42PM (#35764265)
What kind of performance issues? I haven't experienced anything like that personally