Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week - Ars Technica

9 months ago by Otter Raft to c/selfhosted

Roku users will be hit first.

Plex is starting to enforce its new rules, which prevent users from remotely accessing a personal media server without a subscription fee.

If anyone needs it: https://jellyfin.org/

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littleomid 30 points 9 months ago

Am I the only one who thinks jellyfin is not only superior to pure, but also way more intuitive to setup? I still don’t understand how plexs routing works, and why I need a central account in order to connect to my own server.

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fluffy 15 points 9 months ago

Probably not the only one, but configuring your server for outside access is way easier with Plex.

Since I mainly use these services for streaming my music collection (long time cd collector), I declare that Plexamp is simply superior to jellyfin. It is really awesome and feature-rich and jellyfin does not even come close to Plexamp regarding music in my opinion.

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VonReposti 3 points 9 months ago

Have you checked out the Finamp app? It's to Jellyfin what Plexamp is to Plex. It's much better for music that Jellyfin proper.

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fluffy 4 points 9 months ago

Yeah, it‘s okay. But PlexAmp just plays in a different league.

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AtariDump 3 points 9 months ago

Have you checked out the Finamp app?

Yes, and it’s nowhere close to PlexAmp. Have you ever used PlexAmp?

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