lordziv@lemmy.nztoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Plex’s price hikes prove I was right to switch to JellyfinEnglish
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Can’t you just open the URL in a web browser tho?
Can’t you just open the URL in a web browser tho?
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
But tailscale gets around that by creating a secure external tunnel that allows others to connect to your inside from anywhere in the world?
But when you want to give access to others outside of your network they need to subscribe to a plan to get a watch pass. That’s the main issue a lot of people are facing.
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