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.

      • dantheclamman@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        4 hours ago

        Yes, it does introduce insecurity, so not for everyone. I have it behind a domain on cloudflare (let’s encrypt cert) with nginx reverse proxy

            • LandedGentry@lemmy.zip
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              42 minutes ago

              I really, really wish I could competently set up and maintain a Jellyfin server. But even if I could, I have to get my wife comfortable with interfacing with it too. She has really enjoyed using Plex because it basically slots right in any lineup of the major streaming services

      • dantheclamman@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        5 hours ago

        I just confirmed it has it. You need to be on the same subnet, which is why VPN won’t work. But then everything shows up as castable