As an end user to PLEX, I can say its just the easiest thing to do-navigation wise for your parents. We have a friend in the US that had setting up the server as a hobby but (after 4 years) finally asked for a small monthly maintenance fee. Since moving out of the US it is the only streaming service we use.

Just my 2 cents. -the pirate ship cook

Stremio with torrentio and real Debrid. Easiest setup ever and once I set it up for my parents I never needed to touch it again.

Edit: for myself and wifey we use plex and plex_Debrid to load content and it works awesome. Setup was a bit harder and it’s not perfect but it’s my favorite setup

plex/jellyfin server with wireguard running on your router would probably be a good setup as long as whatever device they're using supports wireguard

I'm in a similar situation. I use 2 plex servers and Synching. Whenever I add media to my server at home, it syncs to their server. Don't have to worry about random upload spikes.

Everyone's naming Plex, but just to be different I'll throw Emby out there. I haven't had any issues with it, and there's a few features it has that I like.

I have setup Streamio + Torrentio+ Real-debrid in my father's computer. He can uses it really easy and I don't need to worry about hosting anything. If you want to it work on the TV you would need a Chromecast or Fire stick tv.

Another suggestion for plex. Set plex up for them, share your library, no work for them

Cheap android TV box running kodi. Media on usb hard drive.

Why people are recommending Cloudstream? I think it's easy to use

Like others have said, use Plex! I use it to share my library with my tech illiterate parent, they just have to install the Plex app on their Roku (or any other streaming device) and then I logged into my account on the app. The connection is secure end to end and it's really not much different than the Netflix experience that most users are used to.

Setup proper port forwarding in your router and keep your Plex server up to date and you should be good to not worry about streaming media out from your house.

Plex hands down. There are ways to set it up that if they search for something, it'll auto down it to the server and add it for them to watch with a few third party apps.

Firestick, IPTV Subscription, and TiviMate client has to be the simplest way I’ve found.

If my mom, and grandma can use it, yours definitely can.