Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week
arstechnica.com
Roku users will be hit first.

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/

  • ccunning@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2612·
    3 months ago

    I’m ready to replace plex but unless something major has changed in the last several months I simply can’t understand how people feel jellyfin is a comparable solution to plex. I couldn’t even get past the user interface and it falling flat on its face with media recognition.

    • Fluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netEnglish
      152·
      3 months ago

      Jellyfin is the solution if you have a media file on your computer and you want to stream it to your TV in a different room and Bare Bones works fine. It serves my use cases for a lot of things pretty well, but for hardcore self-hosted streaming Plex still has more features and polish

    • StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      132·
      3 months ago

      Might want to take another look at Jellyfin. My experience has been that as long as the video file s are at least somewhat reasonably named and organized, Jellyfin has no problems identifying a file and looking up its metadata.

      • SendMePhotos@lemmy.worldEnglish
        111·
        3 months ago

        I use consoles because I have kids. Ps5 doesn’t have jellyfin but does have plex in its store.

        • Cocodapuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
          51·
          3 months ago

          This is a big part of the problem. You can use Plex on PlayStation, xbox, Roku, apple tv, iPhone, android, etc…

          The apps are ubiquitous, the coverage is complete. In just about any situation, Plex is a workable option.

    • Evotech@lemmy.worldEnglish
      72·
      3 months ago

      Looks fine to me, I replaced plex like 3-4 months ago

      Jellyfin / jellyseer + arr

    • Chewy@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      21·
      3 months ago

      You need to properly name your media with a proper scheme (including tmdbid/imdbid).

    • webghost0101@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      32·
      3 months ago

      There are custom themes out there that change the interface.

      Right click -> identify-> Title name, has yet to fail me.

      Its been a long time since i used plex so I can’t say how much “easier” its over there but compared to the days before streaming this little upfront work takes less time then going to a physical store to rent.

      Maintenance takes no work and it cant be enshitificated (someone will just port it)