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

submitted 2 days ago by Sl00k@programming.dev to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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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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[–] keyez@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (13 children)

I've been testing out jellyfin for the last couple months but it doesn't really fill the void of this specific feature that's being locked behind a pay wall. If anyone has good recommendations for securely and reliably hosting jellyfin behind SSL and auth with email password resets where I don't have to worry about it as much as Plex.

I use jellyfin locally but for a handful of remote clients I have I may well block off their access they're not going to be able to figure out my hand spun services and wall of text.

[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 days ago (8 children)

I would go for a reverse proxy to get ssl running.
https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/networking/#running-jellyfin-behind-a-reverse-proxy

Handling users with forgotten passwords is, sadly, a manual chore for the administrator.
https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/users/adding-managing-users#profile

[–] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 2 points 2 days ago (5 children)

If I reverse proxy does the video stream itself travel via the proxy too?

[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, the reverse proxy will need to be able to handle the network bandwidth of your video stream too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_proxy

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