Well I already have jellyfin running in a container, just have to figure out how to get mum's TV to work with it I guess
log in on a local IP and not the network name and it's working again. but I'll be moving to jellyfin from now
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I would be ashamed of myself and be tempted to leave the industry in disgrace if setting up DDNS and allowing a single port through a firewall took me 45 minutes.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhh. I want the newbs to feel accomplished when it only takes them 2 hours to figure it out. ๐
But seriously, you and I have it on reflex, but there's merit to the notion that we also have our mise en place - we've read the manual, we've saved or memorized the script, already know our local equipment passwords, etc - all things we took the time to do before and now have at the ready.