2025-01-17, 03:54 AM
I am trying to decide if I want to go Jelly Route or Plex route. I like the idea of Jellyfin... open source, free, etc. Not sending all the data to plex servers.
BUT, the main drawback that I can't wrap my head around is the fact that your IP changes, and Jellyfin breaks when this happens. Then whenever I read up on how to solve this... people are like(paraphrasing)
All you need to do is do a double reverse proxy which costs $10/month forever, then you triple axle flip through cloudfare, then firewall port forward 15 times which costs $5/month in perpetuity, then you just buy a domain for $8/month in perpetuity, and throw it all together. EZ pz.
I'm wondering if there is a free way to deal with this. Or an easy way, that doesn't involve all these steps people mention, that I have no clue what they're talking about. I'm willing to learn. But I don't like the idea of having to pay costs in perpetuity, unless they are very low. I'd much rather just do a one time fee to buy plex lifetime pass, than to have monthly fees I am paying for the next 40 years of my life.
Anyway, if someone could explain to me the easiest, cheapest way to fix this problem so that I can simply have remote users sign up once, then be set for life, that'd be great. Otherwise, unfortunately I think I might have to go with Plex(or just give up entirely, because I really don't want to do plex).
BUT, the main drawback that I can't wrap my head around is the fact that your IP changes, and Jellyfin breaks when this happens. Then whenever I read up on how to solve this... people are like(paraphrasing)
All you need to do is do a double reverse proxy which costs $10/month forever, then you triple axle flip through cloudfare, then firewall port forward 15 times which costs $5/month in perpetuity, then you just buy a domain for $8/month in perpetuity, and throw it all together. EZ pz.
I'm wondering if there is a free way to deal with this. Or an easy way, that doesn't involve all these steps people mention, that I have no clue what they're talking about. I'm willing to learn. But I don't like the idea of having to pay costs in perpetuity, unless they are very low. I'd much rather just do a one time fee to buy plex lifetime pass, than to have monthly fees I am paying for the next 40 years of my life.
Anyway, if someone could explain to me the easiest, cheapest way to fix this problem so that I can simply have remote users sign up once, then be set for life, that'd be great. Otherwise, unfortunately I think I might have to go with Plex(or just give up entirely, because I really don't want to do plex).