Plex Will Block Media Servers at Abuse Prevalent Hosting Company | TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by provomeister@lemmy.ca to c/plex@lemmy.ca

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In an email to customers who run Plex servers at the large German hosting company Hetzner, Plex said that access will be blocked next month. It’s not clear if Hetzner is the only hosting company this applies to, but several customers confirmed that they received the same email.

Has anyone here on Lemmy got this notice? Self-hosting is still in the green, but with this precedent who knows what Plex could do later.

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[-] nik282000@lemmy.ca 35 points 9 months ago

Dump Plex, they already a lot less free than should be tolerated by self hosters.

[-] M500@lemmy.ml 11 points 9 months ago

Yeah, Jellyfin is really great. I’m sure there are things that Plex does better, but Jellyfin does everything I’ve asked it to.

[-] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Intro skipping? Offline playback? I'd love to ditch Plex, but I use these features regularly.

[-] nathris@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 months ago

My favourite Jellyfin feature is the one where it doesn't 'accidentally' reset my dashboard every few weeks to promote its garbage free streaming partners. I don't think I could give that feature up.

[-] SnugZebras@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 9 months ago

Yes you can use a plug-in for intro skipping, and can download for offline playback.

[-] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

And opposed to current plex not just the person paying premium can directly download from the web ui, but everyone who has permissions.

[-] dortydoozer@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

Individual episodes without transcoding however.

[-] M500@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago

I’d like intro skipping. But none of these features are enough for me to switch from jellyfin. Luckily, sending the files to vlc is easy enough for offline playback.

[-] fiddlesticks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago

There's always this plugin. Its a little annoying to get the skip button working but you can just set it to make a chapter marker so you can skip with that. Though be warned it will hog resources until its done scanning everything on the first run

[-] rhacer@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

When Jellyfin has Plexamp, I might consider it

[-] daq@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 9 months ago

I actually had to look it up because it sounded like Winamp, but it didn't kick llama's ass. Is that what they kept peddling along with Tidal sub?

Honest question, do you not have Prime or Apple music sub or stuff you listen to is so unique, neither of those have it?

[-] rhacer@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

By far the best music player I have ever used. My music library is 24K tracks, so I have no need of any music service and use plexamp exclusively.

[-] daq@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That sounds like a massive enough collection to never get bored with, but don't you want new music at least on occasion? Do you just buy individual songs or albums and add to your collection? Do costs add up? I imagine redundant storage with at least some sort of backup for collection that large isn't cheap.

Just trying to compare it to streaming service I get as part of my $120/year Prime membership.

[-] rhacer@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I probably average a couple of albums a month (I only buy albums unless something is not available as part of an album). My storage is a Synology 920+ with 36Tb it's just over half full. I hear new music all the time. (But have you listened to new music?). I'm going to see Greta Van Fleet on Friday (I guess that might be considered new'ish) if there's an opening act, and they're any good, I'll buy some of their music.