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[–] cobysev@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I've been running a Plex server for a few years now. At the beginning of this year, I finally cancelled all my streaming services (including Disney+ and Hulu) and use Plex almost exclusively. It's always sad to see a boycott going on that I can't participate in because I've already quit the service.

I do still pay for Curiosity Stream, but that's basically like Netflix exclusively for documentaries. And super cheap compared to other streaming services. (Most expensive service is just under $6/mo if you pay annually) Gotta support the educational services!

I saw someone link to the PBS Passport here yesterday. I need to look into that too. PBS needs donations to stay alive, especially with our current administration trying to gut it.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I pay for Nebula.tv for a similar reason. Mostly for Legal Eagle and City Beautiful.

[–] cobysev@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I paid for Nebula's Lifetime account, back when it was much cheaper. If I can avoid subscriptions, I will. Because subscriptions always end up more expensive than a one-time purchase.

EDIT: I follow Legal Eagle on Nebula too. I used to follow Charles Cornell as well, but he's stopped releasing content on Nebula and has switched back to YouTube exclusively. I have a few others I follow on Nebula, but they haven't been posting much content lately. I'll have to check out City Beautiful.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago

I’ll shout out NASA+, there isn’t a lot on there but it’s free.

[–] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 7 points 2 weeks ago

There's not a ton of content on PBS passport. I just keep the subscription running and check it every six months or so for new content.

I haven't heard of Curiosity Stream, but sounds like something I'd actually watch. Thanks for dropping that name

[–] psivchaz@reddthat.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you're into small streaming services, also look at Dropout for your comedy needs.

[–] cobysev@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Nice! I haven't heard of that one. I'm familiar with Shudder, which a streaming service exclusively for horror films and TV shows. Perfect for this upcoming season; my wife and I are already binging horror movies

I'm a huge fan of horror, so I've been toying with getting a subscription to Shudder for a while now, but every horror movie and show I want to watch eventually ends up on my Plex server anyway.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

Damn, Sherlock is on PBS Passport? Crazy, great show

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 21 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Since casting JF to a Chromecast requires that it be resolvable by Google's DNS (or at least, it used to be that way I think), here's a fun trick to get it working: point your public DNS record to your private IP. It's apparently not always supported by your DNS provider, but it works great for me (namecheap).

No need to expose your JF instance over the Internet this way, and no need for complicated DNS interception stuff with your router.

You may need to have SSL certs for casting, not sure.

[–] SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Here's hoping FCast gets the traction it deserves soon and more open source projects start supporting it over Chromecast's proprietary bs

[–] Natanael 2 points 1 week ago

Why aren't they implementing openscreen?

https://github.com/w3c/openscreenprotocol

[–] thisisnotausername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago

Com to c/selfhosted, we'll help

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

complicated DNS interception stuff with your router.

It's often not that hard. Many routers have a setting for local dns records.

If you do make a public DNS record, I recommend not putting "plex" or "jellyfin" or "TV" in the domain or subdomain. Make it something more generic.

I recently got a domain from Namecheap, $100 for ten years. If you want something that changes every year, you can get some .xyz domain for like $2 for the first year (and then it'll go up to more the next years.)

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

It's often not that hard. Many routers have a setting for local dns records.

Right, that's easy, but IIRC google devices hard code their DNS servers for casting, so you need to intercept traffic bound for 8.8.8.8.

These folks suggest that just blocking the DNS servers allows you to use your own fallback. Haven't personally tried that, but perhaps more straightforward.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Good to know. I don't have a setup yet, but I might soon.

[–] SteveTech@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

I'd intercept port 53 traffic for UDP and TCP, that way it doesn't matter what the IP is. I don't know about consumer stuff, but a dst nat rule should work.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I redirect all DNS to my router. Its how my ad block works. No matter what you try all DNS leads to the router.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That doesn't help you in this case, since Google isn't running their servers in your network.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

My chromcasting works just fine from jellyfin. miracast as well.

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

Jellyfin is pretty good though I'm still not a fan of the player just because it doesn't give you options for transcode disable without setting it for a specific user.

Although it has gotten much better at not bothering to transcode when the device supports the source codec.

But hey I mean its miles better than the vomit UI that are streaming apps these days. And you can always just use your favorite player like Kodi or VLC if you want.

[–] tfw_no_toiletpaper@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (6 children)

What happened at Disney, I've been pirating since forever lol

[–] remon@ani.social 10 points 1 week ago

The whole Jimmy Kimmel cancellation.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago

Bent the knee to losing the first amendment

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They fired Jimmy Kimmel after he said a very mild comment about Charlie Kirk's alleged killer, all because the FCC head threatened to take away their license, despite the fact that he was simply using his first amendment right to free speech.

Thankfully Disney had the sense to rehire him, but the fact that they caved to pressure from Fascists to begin with is some unforgivable shit.

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[–] vonbaronhans@midwest.social 9 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I've been running a jellyfin server for a while now but barely use it. For some reason I can't get other devices on my local network to be able to sign into it. One out of ten times it'll work, but the other nine times it just doesn't and says it can't connect. I dunno. Probably a me problem.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Is the computer running it going to sleep and coming back with a new IP address maybe? Or just asleep when you’re trying to use it? Gotta set it to never-sleep, just display off

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You should be able to tell your router to always assign the same IP to the same MAC for specific machines.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That too yes, but by denying sleep mode it never changes anyway. My router will give it the same IP after a reboot, but if it’s off for a while it will get a new one. I’m not sure if that’s the same with all routers.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

That seems like a problem with the router.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

If the DHCP lease has expired while the device is off or asleep it may or may not get the same IP when it reconnects depending on the settings on your router. If the machine is on when the lease expires it can typically renew the lease and retain the same IP. Generally DHCP leases default to 1440 minutes (24 hours).

Best practice is to do what I mentioned before and have your router reserve the IP so if the settings on your device get reset for some reason you won’t have to go hunting the IP. At least though, you should have a range of IPs outside your lease pool so you can assign static IPs on the device without running into a DHCP conflict, but this runs into the aforementioned issue of the device forgetting its settings.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Not entirely. The lease default is usually about 24 hours, that computer would need to be completely offline for a day and the IP address would usually need to be reassigned before the device gets a new IP. Even then, the router would probably try to give it the same.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah ok. I’d call 24 hours a while ;)

When I moved I unplugged the Jellyfin server about 4 days before the router and it came back with the same IP. I dunno, maybe I have a good router. 🤷‍♂️

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Other things come into play. If you don't have leases expire often or dozens of devices coming and going repeatedly like a public wifi may have, it's also stored in ARP tables, saves it some work later when it recognizes a device.

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[–] vonbaronhans@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

I'm unsure. It's been a while since I tried. I'll do some troubleshooting when I get a moment.

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 3 points 2 weeks ago
  1. What sort of clients? What apps or browsers?
  2. Are you attempting to connect using the IP address of the server, or by the device/domain name or whatever?
  3. Is it just that your app cannot find the server, or is it able to find the server but the login credentials are not working or something?
[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

What is the error/issue I found it really straightforward especially with the QR code for quick connect

[–] uranibaba@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe hairpin nat?

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Actually me lolll

[–] snackzilla@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am trying to set something like this up, got as far as sonarr and qbit setup and talking to each other, but I can't figure out the RSS part of it.. are there any tips for a newbie to get into the fold?

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