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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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