I tried testing a movie from my home server in plex through firefox and repeatedly got this message, even after reloading.

I knew that they had paywalled the apps on mobile and streaming from outside the network but now they have also blocked watching your own movies through your own hardware.

I do get the point that making software should be able to sustain people but I dont see the move of plex as a fair thing to do. Yes, they have made great software but taking your home server hostage feels like the wrong move.

Even a pop up that says “we need you to donate please” would have been fine. make it pop up before every movie, play donation ads before any movie but straight up disabling the app is kinda cruel.

Anyway, i have switched to jellyfin and it is insanely good. please give it a try. you can run it alongside plex with not issues (at least i had none) and compare the two.

In any case, good luck. Let me know if you need help.

  • fmstratEnglish
    34•3 days ago

    Old news, but time for Jellyfin. I made the switch a couple months ago. Some minor teething issues, but better, IMO, especially now as my family all have LDAP users and that just works.

        • @tuhriel@infosec.pubEnglish
          2•1 day ago

          Thanks for the link. It seems they got it somehow working on DSM6, but if I check the thread, it’s a lot of ducttape and locktight involved especially to run with DSM7. Might try it out on a rainy sunday

    • a baby duckEnglish
      3•2 days ago

      I made the switch a few months back as well. Have you had the issue where"Recently Added" just straight up doesn’t work? It’s about 50/50 for me whether my new downloads show up there or not, and if they do, it’s usually inserted somewhere down the list between other things I added months ago. Not sure if there’s a workaround, but it’s my #1 complaint with Jellyfin. Otherwise, it’s been great.

      • fmstratEnglish
        3•2 days ago

        How is your underlying file system set up?

        • a baby duckEnglish
          1•1 day ago

          It’s an Unraid share on a local NAS, and the array is formatted as xfs.

            • a baby duckEnglish
              1•1 day ago

              I’m actually not 100% sure how to answer that. It’s just a “share” configured through the Unraid UI, being accessed by a docker container running on the same machine (binhex’s Jellyfin image.) I think that the “share” in this context is essentially just a mount point, but it’s also (optionally) exposed as an SMB share externally.

              • fmstratEnglish
                1•19 hours ago

                Ahh OK, a Docker bind. 3 things to check:

                1. That you added the folders in that weird way Unraod requires, see: https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-solved-jellyfin-not-detecting-media-in-unraid (this probably isn’t it, but worth checking)

                2. Make sure for newly added, Jellyfin is configured for Date File Scanned into Library, vs the Created Date on the file

                3. Ensure the Arrs aren’t set to change the date on file import. By default they modify created/modified dates to be the release date, which can put things in an unexpected order.

    • hauiOPEnglish
      3•3 days ago

      awesome. thanks for chiming in. I will have to check how to do external streaming without opening my network up to the world (metaphorically).

      • fmstratEnglish
        2•3 days ago

        Can your router open ports from a hostname vs an IP? If so, clients could run dynamic DNS.

        WG client side isn’t really that hard, though. All the fam run WG 24/7 on devices, and only traffic for the internal network goes through it.

        • hauiOPEnglish
          1•3 days ago

          I know. the issue is my friends dont have networks run by me. So I have to gain access to them and have to change setups which makes the situation likely to blow in my face. its just not a good solution imo. People have already suggested a relay server which will likely be the best solution.

      • @Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2•3 days ago

        I used synology and reverse proxy. It was pretty easy to set up. The tricky part was going into jellyfins setting and connecting your reverse proxy to the path you made.

        Overall my kids and family can now access it anywhere.

        • hauiOPEnglish
          2•3 days ago

          I run a reverse proxy too. are you talking about a public one? I’m probably gonna use a relay server for it which essentially is the same I guess.

          • @Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2•2 days ago

            Yes, the public one. I just use synology ddns as the public address. I’m good with programming, but when it comes to IT stuff, I’m dead in the water. So, their infrastructure helped

            • hauiOPEnglish
              2•2 days ago

              Neat. Thanks for suggesting.