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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You can browse directly to your server's local IP address and use it that way if your Internet goes down. The cloud stuff just allows you to connect from the outside without port forwarding on your firewall.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I don't mean when the internet goes down but never has internet access. Like I would want it on it's own VLAN with no internet access.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't believe so, you have to create a plex account and authenticate to use the platform.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can absolutely configure it to allow exceptions for LAN so that you don't need to authenticate to their servers over the web.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, fair enough! Never tried this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In you use case I would look at Jellyfin. One of Plex's main features is sharing across the web

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Would Jellyfin play well with a VPN to watch media while outside my network?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Jellyfin runs great via VPN

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't see why not, if you know how to set it up. I am sure there are existing docker containers to help you out. But I am a Plex guy, not a Jellyfin expert.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I appreciate the help! Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions.