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[–] 2 points 4 months ago* (9 children)

Not if you’ve got a lifetime license, which anyone running a Plex server should already have.

Also if you want to give access to your jellyfin server to people, well you’re shit out of luck basically. You’re out of luck if you want to even watch jellyfin on most devices that aren’t a pc or android device.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (8 children)

    But tailscale gets around that by creating a secure external tunnel that allows others to connect to your inside from anywhere in the world?

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    Tailscale isn't on 99.99% of TVs and devices that people want to stream videos to, and asking people to connect to your VPN whenever they want to stream video is a no-go. Anyone suggesting it is has never actually done tech support for regular people.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    Not quite, I'm a software engineer that was literally a support technician before this role and I'm the go-to tech support person for my friends. Most of the complexity is on the hosts end ~ https://tailscale.com/docs/features/tailscale-funnel

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    I’m a software engineer as well, and it’s not the complexity that is the challenge - it’s the fact that most tvs can’t run VPNs, and having people have to connect to your vpn to stream media just means they will never stream your media.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Can't you just open the URL in a web browser tho?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (3 children)

    Most TVs don't have web browsers lol. And again - without a VPN you can't just stream it through a web browser.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    I've been doing a bit more research and it looks like the way to go is jellyfin + a cloudflare DNS tunnel. Also there appears to be a native jellyfin app on most Android TVs available. So, no, VPN or a web browser is not required at all

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