I have a lifetime pass and I don’t use it because Jellyfin is better. Plex requires authentication through their servers, which go down very frequently, so when that happens, you’re SOL if you want to stream from your own media server.
Give Jellyfin a try first if you’re considering this.
You can disable the remote auth for your LAN devices in the settings. I haven’t read about or tested this setting yet regarding all IPs.
Settings -> Network -> ‘List of IP addresses and networks that are allowed without auth’ (e.g. 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0)
Their servers as auth proxy can also be helpful with an ISP that uses a dual stack lite version with IPv6 and no public IPv4 behind a NAT. I was able to access my PLEX server from outside via their server auth. But then again I’m not streaming videos mobile due to traffic, so I have remote auth only disabled for my LAN.
Yeah. I’m aware of that workaround, but the necessity for it shouldn’t exist. I was a Plex user before they forced their auth servers on you, and having to choose between getting locked out of your own infra or opening auth on your local network is a joke.
I have a lifetime pass and I don’t use it because Jellyfin is better. Plex requires authentication through their servers, which go down very frequently, so when that happens, you’re SOL if you want to stream from your own media server.
Give Jellyfin a try first if you’re considering this.
You can disable the remote auth for your LAN devices in the settings. I haven’t read about or tested this setting yet regarding all IPs.
Settings -> Network -> ‘List of IP addresses and networks that are allowed without auth’ (e.g. 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0)
Their servers as auth proxy can also be helpful with an ISP that uses a dual stack lite version with IPv6 and no public IPv4 behind a NAT. I was able to access my PLEX server from outside via their server auth. But then again I’m not streaming videos mobile due to traffic, so I have remote auth only disabled for my LAN.
Yeah. I’m aware of that workaround, but the necessity for it shouldn’t exist. I was a Plex user before they forced their auth servers on you, and having to choose between getting locked out of your own infra or opening auth on your local network is a joke.