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Interesting. I'd thought that Plex was a self-hosted streaming platform? Am I to understand that while they may provide that functionality, they are maintaining
by salawat 3y ago
Interesting. I'd thought that Plex was a self-hosted streaming platform? Am I to understand that while they may provide that functionality, they are maintaining another set of servers in the stream that can be used to cut off end users from streaming backends on servers that are operated by private individuals? I.e. I set up plex for myself, use their app, and then conceivably they have a gatekeeping capability that could cut me off from my own stream box?
If that's the case, then WTF Plex? If I actually cared, that'd be a custom Server/client rewrite and loss of business from me.
- LeoPanthera 3y agoPlex clients require central authentication. They don't work without logging in. So it's reasonably trivial for them to add a check in the loop that says "if hetzner then abort".
- darknavi 3y agoAFAIK they do work locally without central authentication if you set up the correct IP masks for the clients.
- donmcronald 3y agoIt takes a registry hack for the server and I couldn’t figure out how to make a PS5 client work without signing in. It’s bloated garbage compared to Emby and Jellyfin.
- rovr138 3y agohttps://support.plex.tv/articles/200890058-authentication-for-local-network-access/ https://support.plex.tv/articles/200890058-authentication-fo... Just set the IP address/netmask and that’s it. This is at the server level.
- donmcronald 3y agoYou can’t get to those settings without logging in unless you change a registry entry (assuming Windows for the server).
- Semaphor 3y agoIt’s why I went with Jellyfin. Plex is pseudo-selfhosted with all kinds of enshittyfication.
- dewey 3y agoIt's also very polished, supports a lot of formats and has apps for a lot of smart TVs and setup boxes and great matching. They have been doing some steps in a direction I'm not interested in lately but so far everything still works nicely and I'm not ready to abandon it.
- crobibero 3y agoCurious, what changes have been made that you’re not interested in?
- dewey 3y agoPersonally I don't care much about adding the free to watch content with ads or anything related to linear tv, but that's just my personal opinion. They didn't touch the personal media collection use case in a negative way, so for me nothing changed.
- crobibero 3y agoSorry, I read your previous comment too quickly and thought it was about Jellyfin... Now that I'm fully awake I agree with your statement.