Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
by sircastor on Sunday June 18, 2023 @05:51PM
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Wasn’t Plex’s prime advantage was being able to stream your media outside your local network? Which means the infrastructure and compatibility to keep that working, not to mention mobile apps which are locked down in app stores.
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Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
by horsawlarway on Sunday June 18, 2023 @08:42PM
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This is pretty easy with wireguard or tailscale.
Or - and I know people don't love this answer - just host it publicly. Yes - it requires some monitoring and a little bit of attention, but at the end of the day it's not that hard, and the risks are fairly low (even if it gets compromised - the world is not over).
Jellyfin has apps (which do incur a bit of overhead for maintainers in actual dollars) but honestly, as long as you're not on iphone, you can just build them locally and sideload them. No store/publisher required.
I primarily use the android tv client on a nvidia shield running a custom ROM.