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People who are staying on Plex, have you tried Jellyfin? What about it do you not prefer? (real question) (discuss.online)
submitted 1 month ago by kiol@discuss.online to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Honest question, because I know multiple people who are not looking to jump ship since they already have the Plex Pass.

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[–] Bryan065@kbin.earth 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's still a bunch of outstanding API security issues last I checked, so it's not secure enough for me to open to the web.

Teaching friends and family to use it with a VPN is a whole another can. Also, you'll have to make sure the VPN is secure and users don't have access to the rest of your network...

and then you'll have to deal with client apps/access for mobile, android boxes, TVs, and Chromecasts...

I got lucky with the Plex Pass too so I can only ride this out to the end until Jellyfin catches up. (also, I'm not good to contribute code)

[–] kiol@discuss.online 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Any particular API security issues? Never considered exposing Jellyfin, but can certainly understand how it simplifies access.

[–] Bryan065@kbin.earth 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This was the security report from awhile back:

https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/5415

Lot's of things have been fixed but theres still much to do. The issue was broken down to smaller issues for tracking and I check back every once in a while.

Even if there were no security issues, exposing jellyfin is also another can... choice of:

  1. open up ports
  2. cloudflare (and potential ban for video content on the free tier, even if caching is disabled)
  3. vps with enough bandwidth
[–] b34k@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Don’t you have to open a port for Plex remote access?

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You do not but you'll be severely bandwidth limited. It'll go through their servers if a port can't be opened.

[–] b34k@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Oh I forgot about that option

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

That sounds like you do have to open one then? Otherwise you are "severely bandwidth limited" and who wants that?

[–] kiol@discuss.online 2 points 1 month ago

I think the difference is Plex offers a web address you can use for logging into Plex and for sharing it with others. So, you get a friendly admin interface with oauth for logging in from other popular services as the Plex user getting setup.