Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think jellyfin offers remote access to your media
this post was submitted on 20 Mar 2025
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The entire point of jellyfin is being able to remotely access media (with an good interface and functionality). What do you mean by remote access?
As in watch the media not on my own network or have other users do the same from their homes.
Music is another big one that jellyfin can't compete with Plex with in its current state. I currently have 718 GB of music that I stream with plexamp when I'm driving.
You simply expose jellyfin to the internet like you would with any other service. Why did you think it specifically wouldn't work over the internet for jellyfin?
It does, just not thorugh their servers like Plex does.
Do you have a guide somewhere on how to set it up? I've poked around online and didn't see anything short of tailscaling your container to a web browser which I don't want to do for a few different reasons (opening ports / security mostly)
Tailscale doesn't require any ports open, or using a web browser with a container, it's just a VPN which is a good way of doing it.
Or you can just open it up with a reverse proxy like any other web server, but I prefer not to do that.
I get that it may be technically possible but that is leaps and bounds different than having my senior dad make a Plex account on his fire stick so he can watch movies with his niece, or my fiance's boss is in the hospital with cancer right now and is watching things on his iPad.
I already have a hard time getting people to just make a Plex account and watch on my server and that's the "easy" route.
Yeah I don't bother with other people on my server unless they really want to, I've long ago given up trying to convince anyone to change their ways, it's up to them.
All the folks saying "just buy the lifetime pass" gonna be in for a big disappointment in about 5 years
I got the lifetime pass 5 years ago. I've switched to JF because of the disappointment so far about a year ago.
JF is exactly what I wanted and needed plex to be, and everything added since is a worsened product. The lifetime pass was an attempt at getting the peace of mind of "then you just have it". If anything, only FOSS can give that.
Yep. Enshitification behavior doesn't cease once you're technically a paying customer. If they hadn't made a habit of enshitification. Clawing features away to put behind a paywall I'd give them some support. But I prefer foss anyhow. And for myself, I'm not missing anything.
And those lifetime subscriptions are also a trap. They know that you have the money and are willing to pay and that you're using their service. Do you really think that some business suit will be satisfied by your onetime payment back in 2022?
Won't take that long before the enshittification is complete.
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I think you're looking for https://github.com/arabcoders/watchstate Watchstate will pull from Plex and migrate it into a Jellyfin instance. Emby is also supported. Works with multiple users as well, just do yourself a favor and make sure all usernames match up!!!
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I think this is the tool you are looking for: https://github.com/luigi311/JellyPlex-Watched
I haven't used it myself but I plan on it eventually when I do make the switch.
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I sync my watch history with trakt.tv -- I believe there are plugins for both Plex and Jellyfin which can transfer those watch histories via that service. I don't know of any other way.
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If someone wants my Lifetime Plex account they can have it.
I’ll take it if you haven’t already given it away. This Plex change is not great for me, since I’m using remote access. I’ve got a Jellyfin server too, but I’m finding it less convenient for me, mostly for various nitpick reasons
You get it? I have one too, never going to use it again.
Yep!
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