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[โ€“] Scrollone@feddit.it 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think you're wrong. I have my ports open and I can connect directly to my Plex instance, but if I'm connecting from another IP address Plex wants my money.

[โ€“] kogasa@programming.dev 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yep, I just double checked and I think it's all remote connections, not just relayed ones. You can probably get around this by setting up a wireguard tunnel or something to make Plex think you're connecting locally, but it's definitely going to be easier to just use Jellyfin if you haven't already set that up