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
    2411·
    21 hours 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.

    • StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      102·
      21 hours 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.

    • Evotech@lemmy.worldEnglish
      72·
      20 hours ago

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

      Jellyfin / jellyseer + arr

    • Chewy@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      21·
      14 hours ago

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

    • webghost0101@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      32·
      19 hours 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)