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.

  • hauiOP
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    323 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).

    • @Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world
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      223 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.

      • hauiOP
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        223 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.world
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          223 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

          • hauiOP
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            223 days ago

            Neat. Thanks for suggesting.

    • fmstrat
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      223 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.

      • hauiOP
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        123 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.