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Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April (www.plex.tv)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We are also changing how remote playback works for streaming personal media (that is, playback when not on the same local network as the server). The reality is that we need more resources to continue putting forth the best personal media experience, and as a result, we will no longer offer remote playback as a free feature. This—alongside the new Plex Pass pricing—will help provide those resources. This change will apply to the future release of our new Plex experience for mobile and other platforms.

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[–] [email protected] 569 points 3 days ago (126 children)

https://jellyfin.org/

[–] [email protected] 93 points 3 days ago (94 children)

Alright, so I have had Jellyfin installed for years now, but my primary issue is that most devices myself or my users use lack official, readily-available clients. For example, the Samsung TV app is a developer mode install. Last I looked, nobody has put a build into the store.

I really want to use Jellyfin, but I feel like my users simply can't. I'm interested in others' experiences here that could help.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I've never had an issue with the apps. It's on my Chromecast and my android phone, and I typically stream to the TV from my phone.

My only issue is that they require a real cert (which is good tbh) and I am having trouble getting letsencrypt working due to my isp blocking port 80 and me dragging my feet getting DNS working

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Let's Encrypt supports DNS verification, if you have access to update the zone file. It makes automation harder, but there are scripts to do the DNS update for the verification.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

@bamboo @Chocrates "acme.sh" is pretty much the easiest solution for that.
https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh #letsencrypt

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah that's what I'm doing next. My domain name/DNS provider doesn't let me do it though so i have to self host DNS first. Turned into quite a rabbit hole, and would have just worked if I could just get traffic on port 80!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

@Chocrates acme.sh has a manual option...that way it should work with your current provider

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