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Alternative to Plex? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by vesuveusmxo@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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Looking for suggestions for an app my family can use to “stream” entertainment from server to TV/computers while staying within the home network.

I know of a guide to redirect Plex so it doesn’t have to go to the internet, but I haven’t been able to get it to work.

Any recommendations?

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[–] vesuveusmxo@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, Definately will do. I’ve spent a decade with Plex, built a library and family knows the interface. So if it’s easiest to change some settings, I’ll stay with Plex. If not, I’m going to try JF and emby