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[–] SpacePirate@feddit.nu 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That doesn't slove the problem if your Smart TV doesn't support tailscale or something like Wireguard. Using another machine connected to a VPN like for example Tailscale/Headscale and then using ssh portforwarding allows you to access the service(jellyfin) on the device without support.

It would be like this:

Jellyfin <-- Tailscale/Headscale <--- Machine forwarding the jellyfins port <-- Smart TV

This can be done with a command like this:

ssh -L 0.0.0.0:8096:jellyfin_tailnet_ip:8096 -f -N user@machine

[–] hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago

Most people are not gonna go that route unfortunately. I want to love JF, but the remote access is a big sticking point, especially for non tech relatives.

It bugs me when people just say tailscale like that solves it all. It's very useful and solves a lot of problems, but not all. Unfortunately.