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Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April (www.plex.tv)
submitted 1 year 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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[–] dormedas@lemmy.dormedas.com 19 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I agree, but having looked down this road, finding a quality external player that users will understand and is inexpensive is ... not easy.

[–] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago

If you’re an Apple user the AppleTV is exactly this. It’s probably Apple’s most fairly priced computing device.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

I mean that literally appletv. Barely costs more than a Roku and is vastly better than every other device on the market.

[–] Mniot@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

I like my Shield TV: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/shield/shield-tv/

I did need to install a custom launcher on it when the standard AndroidTV launcher added ads.

[–] synestine@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True, but there's not much one can do about others' stubbornness. I've been using cheap Android boxes with Kodi or the JF client installed. They make sense to my non-techie family. Dedicated boxes are better (something that can run CoreELEC, OpenELEC) but those are harder to find.

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

An old pc running Linux mint and kodi is my current setup in the living room.

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Roku does it well enough. not perfectly but it's still not as shit as my Google tv

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

hmm that's concerning. we really need a roku/chromecast equivalent that isnt some proprietary mess (home assistant is finally getting into those with voice assistant units)

[–] shadow@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Pi running Kodi/libreelec

[–] pory@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

$20 Walmart Onn 4k. Degoogle it if you want or just slap smarttube and jellyfin/plex on it.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago

Facebook made one. They attached a gorgeous voice-controlled video-chat-on-tv setup to it, and released it just as they lost all consumer trust.

Then they decided it wasn't selling.

So they killed it instead of open-sourcing it

just saying.