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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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[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Well, looks like my decision to stick with Kodi and never bother with Plex is about to pay dividends.

[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Kodi and Plex do different things, both of them organize your media and give you a pretty interface to access it, but Kodi is a program running locally and Plex is a webservice that you can access remotely. Jellyfin is the open source program that does the same thing as Plex, i.e. a media server manager that can be accessed remotely through a web interface.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago

The equivalent to Plex is Jellyfin I think, Plex can be used as a media server for Kodi.

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

I used Kodi for years (back before and during the XMBC - > Kodi shift) before moving to Plex, it was great (a pain for a good config, but once your clients have remote access and use a shared database its insane how good it can be) but Plex was touted for so long I figured I'd give it a try when I saw a good sale. I've been using it for the past 8 years or so but may go back to Kodi or Jellyfin.

[–] art@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

NAS + Tailscale + Kodi is the easiest to setup for me. Works really good.