kiol@discuss.online to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoPeople who are staying on Plex, have you tried Jellyfin? What about it do you not prefer? (real question)message-squaremessage-square458fedilinkarrow-up1320arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1312arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square458fedilinkfile-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-up1·1 month agoDon’t you have to open a port for Plex remote access?
minus-squarekiol@discuss.onlineOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month 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-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoYou do not but you’ll be severely bandwidth limited. It’ll go through their servers if a port can’t be opened.
minus-squaredogs0n@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThat sounds like you do have to open one then? Otherwise you are “severely bandwidth limited” and who wants that?
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
That sounds like you do have to open one then? Otherwise you are “severely bandwidth limited” and who wants that?