fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days ago4 reasons Plex is turning into the thing it replacedwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square235fedilinkarrow-up1570arrow-down122
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minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoNo, there’s not centralized host server to connect your users with your server. They need a fixed IP or URL to access your server from outside your network.
minus-squarekratoz29@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoSo how do they access from, let’s say a Smart TV/Android TV device?
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 days agoJellyfin apps ask you for three things in order to login: URL, username, password.
minus-squarekratoz29@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoThanks, that clears everything up for me… Now if you could set that URL from the server itself and not the client apps… Certainly I don’t think that’s an impossible task.
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoThe app needs to know where to connect to. Jellyfin doesn’t have a centralised server like Plex
No, there’s not centralized host server to connect your users with your server. They need a fixed IP or URL to access your server from outside your network.
So how do they access from, let’s say a Smart TV/Android TV device?
Jellyfin apps ask you for three things in order to login: URL, username, password.
Thanks, that clears everything up for me…
Now if you could set that URL from the server itself and not the client apps… Certainly I don’t think that’s an impossible task.
The app needs to know where to connect to. Jellyfin doesn’t have a centralised server like Plex