Plex is increasing Plex Pass prices and paywalling remote playback for personal media at $1.99/month or $19.99/year.
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So they think it's acceptable to charge people to access their own files. Good Luck with that morons.
Yeah this is why I don't use Plex.
At one point I installed it on my NAS. It goes through the setup, and then says I need to make a cloud account. Wtf? I am running locally hosted software on locally hosted hardware to access locally hosted files. Why do I need any cloud for this?
I don't. I uninstalled it.
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The most infuriating thing about Plex for me was when they shifted to force you to start with their BS streaming service at open. I only used Plex for my personal media collection. So having to jump through a bunch of menus to get to the only thing I want to use in their app was the biggest reason to switch for me. Maybe there is a way to fix that, but I could never find one.
Jellyfin just does your personal media library and opens right up into it when the app starts. Its simpler, faster, and FOSS.
You can disable the streaming completely if you really want to. It’s in your preferences. Or just move it farther down the list, or hide it completely by unpinning it as a source.
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Anyone investing in a lifetime pass because of these changes is really making a really bad decision. Plex is not going to get better. These shitty decisions will keep coming and eventually it will be something that affects the lifetime users.
I got one a very long time ago, when it was cheap and seemed like a good investment in an up-and-coming ecosystem. It's worked out for me, but I wouldn't recommend it for anyone else, at this point.
I'm just waiting for them to find a way to reneg on the pass and then I'm off to Jellyfin like everyone else.
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I thought I read that there’s no charge if on the same network. It’s just for accessing your files remotely from other networks.
And if server host doesn't have premium.
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That's enshittification for ya.
Meanwhile, all "lifetime pass" holders are encouraging this, while they have no skin in the game.
I'm not encouraging this at all. I've got a library of 5600 movies, 300 series, 300k songs I share with family. I have a lifetime pass I got last year, family doesn't need anything, apps stream free on TV's and browsers, only mobile had a few $ attached to it, which you can bypass using the browser. They all use tv/computer anyway.
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I got one a very long time ago, when it was cheap and seemed like a good investment in an up-and-coming ecosystem. It's worked out for me, but I wouldn't recommend it for anyone else, at this point.
I'm just waiting for them to find a way to reneg on the pass and then I'm off to Jellyfin like everyone else.
Yeah, one reason I hate lifetime anything, they'll change the rules and give you the middle finger and they've already got your money so you can't do shit about it, lost cause.
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I'm not trying to be a dick, but in what ways is Jellyfin vastly inferior to Plex? I haven't used Plex before but Jellyfin does everything me and my family need from a streaming service.
I tried Jellyfin a few months back as a Plex replacement, but I can’t seem to get reliable playback on iPad/iOS. I’ve tried the native app, Infuse and Swiftfin to no avail. On the rare occurrence the app finds and connects to the server(over local network), they don’t seem to support transcoding of non-native formats such as x265. Can anyone confirm they have this working on iOS?
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That blows. I just use the Plex app on my TV for free streaming channels. 24/7 Top Gear reruns FTW!
And on that terrible disappointment, back to piracy.
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Well, that's Plex gone from my server, then. I had switched to Jellyfin, anyway, but it was mostly "still there".
No more.
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Yeah, one reason I hate lifetime anything, they'll change the rules and give you the middle finger and they've already got your money so you can't do shit about it, lost cause.
They dont have to renege on anything. Just create a new variant, an let the original stsgnate. 5 years is an eternity in tech, so if an app is not updated in 5 years, it will be pretty useless.
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I used Plex before I got tired of it requiring a remote network connection to work in my home network (no remote). I switched to emby a few years ago, and I'm tired of it too: Subtitle is a pain, filtering is a nightmare, integration with sonarr/radarr and configuration is annoying...
I've started developing my own streaming server, playback is working nice through the browser from server to tvlaptop. I'm going to integrate Transmission UI into it, and show/movie management, to get rid of sonnarr/radarr and maybe I'll manage to get rid of jackett too, so tired of this cumbersome stack. I want it all integrated into a single server with a single interface.
That sounds cool. You've got a much higher technical acumen than me.
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So they think it's acceptable to charge people to access their own files. Good Luck with that morons.
It is enshittification for sure. At the core it makes sense to not have it free, since dynamic DNS is not free. However it is a very small cost
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And on that terrible disappointment, back to piracy.
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Eh. There’s like 6 apps that provide free channels like that, with actual good content. Obviously there are commercials, but it’s really not bad.
Oh I'm sure, classic top gear is crazy accessible. There are multiple hours long compilations on YouTube of some of the best crazy shit they did. I just wanted to parrot Clarkson.
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Oh I'm sure, classic top gear is crazy accessible. There are multiple hours long compilations on YouTube of some of the best crazy shit they did. I just wanted to parrot Clarkson.
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Why not try emby it works fine no?
I'll take a look.
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Setting up remote access is the same for Plex and Jellyfin so I'm confused. All you need is to forward port 8096 or use a reverse proxy like nginx if you want a domain.
I have plex.domain.com and jellyfin.domain.com and it was the exact same process for both.
None of that is needed if the server app for plex works as intended.
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None of that is needed if the server app for plex works as intended.
You have to port forward Plex in some fashion for it to work properly. If you don't you are limited to 1 Mbps streams on their relay. That is lower bitrate than YouTube at 480p.
If your router has UPnP then the port fowarding is automatic on both Jellyfin and Plex. It's the exact same setup for both.
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