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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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[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes, after I set up the server properly (reverse proxy). With this change the same setup on the server side is necessary for remote streaming with free Plex.

My mum puts in the domain, username and password and starts streaming.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

…reverse proxy…

Guess what I didn’t have to setup with Plex or Emby.

[–] Mondez@lemdro.id 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's because you had somone elses servers doing that part for you.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That'll be one hundred and fifty dollars, please.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Worth every penny to not have to jump through Jellyfin hoops to share externally.