kiol@discuss.online to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoPeople who are staying on Plex, have you tried Jellyfin? What about it do you not prefer? (real question)message-squaremessage-square206linkfedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1132arrow-down1message-squarePeople who are staying on Plex, have you tried Jellyfin? What about it do you not prefer? (real question)kiol@discuss.online to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square206linkfedilinkfile-text
Honest question, because I know multiple people who are not looking to jump ship since they already have the Plex Pass.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down7·8 hours agoThey already changed the authentication system a few years ago. Everything goes through their server now. You can’t self-host it.
minus-squareW98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoYou can, and whitelist your local network so you don’t have to log in.
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 hours agoRunning Plex locally is still perfectly viable without going through their servers
minus-squarestephen01king@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 hours agoCan you explain what you mean by not being able to self-host?
minus-squareDozzi92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 hours agoI don’t know what this means and maybe I’m just not techy enough, but all my shit is on my PC, and if my PC is turned off it doesn’t work. Are you saying it goes through their servers? I’m just curious why it matters.
They already changed the authentication system a few years ago. Everything goes through their server now. You can’t self-host it.
You can, and whitelist your local network so you don’t have to log in.
Running Plex locally is still perfectly viable without going through their servers
Can you explain what you mean by not being able to self-host?
I don’t know what this means and maybe I’m just not techy enough, but all my shit is on my PC, and if my PC is turned off it doesn’t work. Are you saying it goes through their servers? I’m just curious why it matters.