Hi there!

Wondering what types of setup people have that allow them to, while the internet is down, still watch/stream media from their servers. I have a stacked Jellyfin library that, and would like to see this feature/setup in my own house. My Unraid server is on the other side of the house from where the living room is. Is there actually a sane way to achieve this?

  • willya@lemmyf.ukEnglish
    42·
    2 months ago

    Plex allows this as long as you set whatever devices local IP on the allow without authorization list. I also know that plex just gets shit on the fediverse. Jellyfin doesn’t have local allowance baked in? I’ve never used it.

    • ShortN0te@lemmy.mlEnglish
      52·
      2 months ago

      Jellyfin doesn’t have local allowance baked in? I’ve never used it.

      Nope and that is also not needed, since it’s not a cloud dependent service.

      • willya@lemmyf.ukEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        What? I’m confused by the question the OP asked if it’s just automatically that way.

          • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            Which is really weird IMO.

            If you want to run everything over a VPN, you’re going to have issues when the internet goes out. Use VPN as a fallback or to get around CGNAT, not as a primary way of routing everything.

            Here’s my setup:

            1. VPS runs WireGuard VPN and HAProxy forwards services through VPN to the relevant internal device
            2. router runs DNS server and routes my domains to local addresses
            3. TLS is handled on the device that serves the content for whatever service it is

            So when I connect on my LAN, my router just points the domain to the machine running Jellyfin and I get all the goodness of TLS. When I connect outside my LAN, my VPS tunnels TLS through the WireGuard VPN to get around CGNAT and I get all the goodness of TLS. So it doesn’t matter where I connect, I use the same URL and get TLS.

    • Sunny' 🌻@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
      21·
      2 months ago

      It probably does tbh, I’ll have to check the documentation to double-check though. Anything that isn’t foss tends to get a handful indeed; Jellyfin genuinely is a better experience than Plex imo.

      • willya@lemmyf.ukEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        I’ll prolly give it a shot at some point. I bought lifetime plex long before jellyfin was a thing. Is there an experience similar to plexamp? It’s too good.

      • BlxterEnglish
        41·
        2 months ago

        I know for me I had to give Plex the local IPs to force local streaming because it would try to stream remote even on local network.

        • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          Jellyfin doesn’t need any particular setup to work directly from LAN because it doesn’t ever try to use a central login provider the way Plex does.

          The only reason OP is struggling with it is because they set it up so that they can only connect to it via Tailscale.