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Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April (www.plex.tv)
submitted 1 day ago by Sl00k@programming.dev to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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We are also changing how remote playback works for streaming personal media (that is, playback when not on the same local network as the server). The reality is that we need more resources to continue putting forth the best personal media experience, and as a result, we will no longer offer remote playback as a free feature. This—alongside the new Plex Pass pricing—will help provide those resources. This change will apply to the future release of our new Plex experience for mobile and other platforms.

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[–] randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I just want to make sure I read this correctly. It says that if you're a Plex plass holder already that remote streaming changes won't affect your service. This means that if I have the lifetime subscription and host my own server than users whom have not payed for Plex pass can continue to access this server without issue correct?

[–] nibble4bits@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 18 hours ago

Historically, that's how they usually rolled out features requiring a Plexpass - It usually depended on the server owner owning Plexpass. This move, however, makes me think they'll probably change that for shared to others via E-mail.

[–] Tinks@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Correct

[–] ryan@social.binarydad.com 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

@Tinks @randomaside what i don't understand is, what processing/compute are they using on their end? My server is transcoding it and I'm connecting directly to it.

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Indirect Playback goes through them first. Also, they host DynDNS for the Plex media server to make accessing it remotely from apps easier.

The second thing is a joke to host and requires no resources. The first one can be a significant resource usage item.

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 1 points 23 hours ago

Yeah. The day they start making something subscription that isn't included in the lifetime pass is the day they get their office burned down by a lot of angry people.