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Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April (www.plex.tv)

submitted 1 year ago by Sl00k@programming.dev to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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We are also changing how remote playback works for streaming personal media (that is, playback when not on the same local network as the server). The reality is that we need more resources to continue putting forth the best personal media experience, and as a result, we will no longer offer remote playback as a free feature. This—alongside the new Plex Pass pricing—will help provide those resources. This change will apply to the future release of our new Plex experience for mobile and other platforms.

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[–] sasquash@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

any recommendations to get it to work remotely? the good thing about plex was it was easy to set up, but the quality was medicore.

[–] jayb151@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I just figured it out. You have to open the port on your router

[–] gdog05@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I used a Cloudflare tunnel for security (no open ports) but that's for people with limited tech ability mostly. Everyone else I've got connected with a tailscale node.

[–] Grunt4019@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Careful with that I think it’s against their TOS to do that due to the large volumes of data video streaming takes.

[–] gdog05@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It used to be against their TOS. They removed the language over a year ago last I saw.

[–] Grunt4019@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

That’s good to know.

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah don't use a cloudflare tunnel for that, it'll get you banned.

[–] jayb151@piefed.social 4 points 1 year ago

I'm in the process of moving houses at the moment. But I've already got a nice PC put together to host a mess of services. Should be "fun" LOL

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That works but is pretty insecure as you have nothing protecting your server outside of a basic password.

[–] jayb151@piefed.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'm pleading full ignorance here. Because I opened the port for JF, doesn't that mean the only thing exposed would be my jellyfin? I thought having the rest of my ports closed would not allow access to the rest of my system?