kiol@discuss.online to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoPeople who are staying on Plex, have you tried Jellyfin? What about it do you not prefer? (real question)message-squaremessage-square396linkfedilinkarrow-up11file-text
arrow-up11message-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 · 3 months agomessage-square396linkfedilinkfile-text
Honest question, because I know multiple people who are not looking to jump ship since they already have the Plex Pass.
minus-squareb34k@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoDon’t you have to open a port for Plex remote access?
minus-squarekiol@discuss.onlineOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI think the difference is Plex offers a web address you can use for logging into Plex and for sharing it with others. So, you get a friendly admin interface with oauth for logging in from other popular services as the Plex user getting setup.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoYou do not but you’ll be severely bandwidth limited. It’ll go through their servers if a port can’t be opened.
Don’t you have to open a port for Plex remote access?
I think the difference is Plex offers a web address you can use for logging into Plex and for sharing it with others. So, you get a friendly admin interface with oauth for logging in from other popular services as the Plex user getting setup.
You do not but you’ll be severely bandwidth limited. It’ll go through their servers if a port can’t be opened.
Oh I forgot about that option