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I wonder what the feasibility is of doing something like this for movies and tv shows?

by bobajeff 6y ago

JustSomeNobody 6y ago
I don't do it because I don't want to expose my network, but /r/plex would have more info.
- jjice 6y ago
  You could always set up a VPN and make the Plex server only available on the VPN's interface. But then you have to be on the VPN on whatever device you want to watch on, so it can be a bit of a hassle if you're not on your own devices.
  - depingus 6y ago
    That's not the way to do it. If anyone can break out of Plex they are on your local network. Besides, if you're going through all that networking hassle, you're better off doing things right. Get a real firewall like pfSense, then setup a separate network just for outside facing services. To access those services locally create firewall rules that allow traffic 1 way: from your trusted network to your outside facing network. While you're at it, consider making separate networks for IoT devices, and maybe even another for untrusted guest devices. You can use VLANs or physical interfaces if your firewall has enough ports.
    - generalizations 6y ago
      Seems like running separate wires for each of those networks would be a huge pain.
      - DrPhish 6y ago
        Nah, with VLAN tagging you can do it as a single legged router, or as a virtual switch if you’re running it all in a hypervisor. My home network has 12 VLANs, but each VM cluster node only has 2 NICs
ltrls23 6y ago
I can't recommend Jellyfin enough. It works remarkably well! https://jellyfin.org https://jellyfin.org
- kilroy123 6y ago
  What's the difference between this and Plex?
  - robotbikes 6y ago
    Jellyfin is free and open source software for one. I don't know the exact difference in the feature set but I have heard people complaining that Plex is focusing more on surveiling it's users to push ads. I just got Jellyfin working with linuxserver.io docker image on my rpi4 and it is pretty nice.
    - RealStickman_ 6y ago
      You have to pay for hardware transcoding with plex. Plex (and also Emby for that matter) have more client apps and platforms supported than Jellyfin though, so you might want to check that before settling for one.
    - ValentineC 6y ago
      Adding a random Jellyfin anecdote: Jellyfin stable (10.6.2) is buggy and somewhat unusable for me — videos wouldn't play because of some browser compatibility issue. This seems to have been fixed in the 10.7.0 RCs, and they've been quite wonderful. The only feature I find lacking is being able to use Jellyfin on a Chromecast, via their iOS app. It seems to be blocked by the lack of upstream SDK support: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-expo/issues/16 https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-expo/issues/16
  - vvatermelone 6y ago
    Jellyfin is fully open-source and doesn't require any third party authentication. It's not quite feature complete versus Plex but it is very close, and has never been a issue for me or my users.
conceptualspace 6y ago
plex? btw im the author of enhanceotron for plex, which is an open source extension that gives u a few goodies (random sorting, trailers, ultrawide support) when accessing plex via browser: https://github.com/enhance-o-tron-for-plex https://github.com/enhance-o-tron-for-plex
fsflover 6y ago
https://joinpeertube.org https://joinpeertube.org

I wonder what the feasibility is of doing something like this for movies and tv shows?

JustSomeNobody 6y ago

I don't do it because I don't want to expose my network, but /r/plex would have more info.

jjice 6y ago
You could always set up a VPN and make the Plex server only available on the VPN's interface. But then you have to be on the VPN on whatever device you want to watch on, so it can be a bit of a hassle if you're not on your own devices.
- depingus 6y ago
  That's not the way to do it. If anyone can break out of Plex they are on your local network. Besides, if you're going through all that networking hassle, you're better off doing things right. Get a real firewall like pfSense, then setup a separate network just for outside facing services. To access those services locally create firewall rules that allow traffic 1 way: from your trusted network to your outside facing network. While you're at it, consider making separate networks for IoT devices, and maybe even another for untrusted guest devices. You can use VLANs or physical interfaces if your firewall has enough ports.
  - generalizations 6y ago
    Seems like running separate wires for each of those networks would be a huge pain.
    - DrPhish 6y ago
      Nah, with VLAN tagging you can do it as a single legged router, or as a virtual switch if you’re running it all in a hypervisor. My home network has 12 VLANs, but each VM cluster node only has 2 NICs

ltrls23 6y ago

I can't recommend Jellyfin enough. It works remarkably well! https://jellyfin.org https://jellyfin.org

kilroy123 6y ago
What's the difference between this and Plex?
- robotbikes 6y ago
  Jellyfin is free and open source software for one. I don't know the exact difference in the feature set but I have heard people complaining that Plex is focusing more on surveiling it's users to push ads. I just got Jellyfin working with linuxserver.io docker image on my rpi4 and it is pretty nice.
  - RealStickman_ 6y ago
    You have to pay for hardware transcoding with plex. Plex (and also Emby for that matter) have more client apps and platforms supported than Jellyfin though, so you might want to check that before settling for one.
  - ValentineC 6y ago
    Adding a random Jellyfin anecdote: Jellyfin stable (10.6.2) is buggy and somewhat unusable for me — videos wouldn't play because of some browser compatibility issue. This seems to have been fixed in the 10.7.0 RCs, and they've been quite wonderful. The only feature I find lacking is being able to use Jellyfin on a Chromecast, via their iOS app. It seems to be blocked by the lack of upstream SDK support: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-expo/issues/16 https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-expo/issues/16
- vvatermelone 6y ago
  Jellyfin is fully open-source and doesn't require any third party authentication. It's not quite feature complete versus Plex but it is very close, and has never been a issue for me or my users.

conceptualspace 6y ago

plex? btw im the author of enhanceotron for plex, which is an open source extension that gives u a few goodies (random sorting, trailers, ultrawide support) when accessing plex via browser: https://github.com/enhance-o-tron-for-plex https://github.com/enhance-o-tron-for-plex

fsflover 6y ago

https://joinpeertube.org https://joinpeertube.org