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[–] 48 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Does jellyfin have an easy way for remote streaming? I have a couple dozen people on my Plex server, most not very tech savvy, so setting up tailscale and running remote that way isn't an option. I have a Plex pass so I haven't been screwed by Plex yet, so I'm not rushing to get out, but I could see myself running both.

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  • [–] 41 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Yes-ish, it's harder for you than the users. But you will have to secure a URL and they will have to remember that URL. Also there's some security issues with some unsecured endpoints on Jellyfin. That said I have mine out there exposed to the net and am comfortable enough with it.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I already have to expose my Plex Media Server with a Tailscsle funnel (for IPv4 only) for IPv6 I use my Synology NAS reverse proxy which can be accessed globally.

    I have been maining this setup for years now that I forgot if I can access my PMS outside without either those solutions lol (I am GGNATED but IPv6 works fine as stated).

    The main thing here is that I don't need my users to do anything, they just open the app and access it, no need to remember IPs/URLs or install VPNs to my server... Is that possible with Jellyfin as well?

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Yes you can do the same thing for Jellyfin. I use Synology ddns and setup subdomain in reverse proxy to jellyfin port. For tailscale, I previously use this but needs to add the jellyfin port after the tailscale IP.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    No, there's not centralized host server to connect your users with your server. They need a fixed IP or URL to access your server from outside your network.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    So how do they access from, let's say a Smart TV/Android TV device?

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Jellyfin apps ask you for three things in order to login: URL, username, password.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    no, tailscale is still the easiest option.

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Bummer... unfortunately, that's a deal breaker for me to completely drop Plex. Maybe someday.

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  • [–] 16 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I swear every single Plex related thread has the same Jellyfin fanatics coming in. Same energy as “my MIL has trouble with her computer” “just install Linux bro!” comments.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Still better than the army of Plex fanboys that all claim to have dozens of senior citizens streaming from their Plex server.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I don't have dozens, but I have 3. Those three are close family members. Do you think people don't invite their parents or inlaws to their Plex server?

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Clearly people do, but I think they represent a vocal minority of Plex's overall userbase. The expectation that a free project with no revenue stream should provide an ongoing service that's going to cost them money and seems to be what Plex is using to squeeze its users always strikes me as disingenuous. There are ways to enable remote access with Jellyfin, but you have to do it yourself because nobody's paying them to run those servers.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    So I don't get it, I have mine up with a domain without tsilscale.. The clients are quite happy wherever. I don't even see that much "crawling" traffic that goes to the domain, most just hit the server by ip and get a static 401 page that the "default" site is hard coded to give out.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

    You could just get a domain and set up a reverse proxy. Or use Cloudflare tunnels.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    All possible, but currently I have lifetime Plex pass and just need to share with people I want to share with. No extra config. Once Jellyfin can do that or something similar, I'll look at jumping ship. Until then, the juice isn't worth the squeeze.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    Once Jellyfin can do that or something similar

    Once Jellyfin does that then it'll be time to look at jumping ship to something else, because that'll be the indication that Jellyfin is going down the same road as Plex.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    The first one, yes. That's what I do. But IIRC hosting media via cloudflare tunnels goes against the TOC and they reserve the right to ban users over it

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    They changed their TOC a while ago, the only thing they have in there now is boiler plate stuff about not hosting pirated content.

    https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/terms/ You agree not to, and not to allow third parties to use the Services to ... post, transmit, store or link to any files, materials, data, text, audio, video, images or other content that infringe on any person’s intellectual property rights or that are otherwise unlawful;

    I just set up a cache rule to ignore my jellyfin subdomain and they won't ever care about me and my half dozen users.

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