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[–] FreedomAdvocate -4 points 4 months ago (8 children)

You just can’t securely watch anything from your jellyfin server remotely, or let others stream from your server.

The 20+ people who stream from my Plex server have never paid a cent because I have a Plex lifetime pass. In terms of value it’s one of the best purchases I’ve ever made.

[–] kaotic@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

You absolutely can watch from Jellyfin remotely and securly, but it does take a little setup of infrastructure. I will say Plex did a very good job at making that piece super easy and pretty much just a 'flip a switch' action to setup.

[–] FreedomAdvocate 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

but it does take a little setup of infrastructure.

Understatement of the century lol.

Even if you do all of what @rumba@lemmy.zip wrote below, getting your friends and family access is another big hurdle because most likely their devices they use won't have JellyFin support.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 0 points 4 months ago

had disagree, getting friends and family on your jellyfin isn't that hard. There are jellyfin clients out there for most devices

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