I have several services on my home server, most of which I access using Tailscale, and it works great. I had a couple services on Cloudflare tunnels in order to access them from devices that I can’t put Tailscale on.

Plex is going to start charging for remote access. So I figured now would be the time to migrate to Jellyfin. But using Jellyfin on Cloudflare tunnels is against their TOS. I have a Roku TV at a remote location that I use to watch Plex. I won’t be able to do that anymore. And I can’t put Tailscale on it to serve Jellyfin that way.

I was going to set up Nginx Proxy Manager to use my domain name for Jellyfin so I didn’t have to use Cloudflare tunnels. But in setting that up I found out that my ISP is double NATting me, and I haven’t been able to find a way around it.

So I’m left with two options: 1) buy Plex Pass so I can continue to stream remotely; or 2) get a VPS, run Tailscale and NPM on it and switch to Jellyfin.

I’m looking for a sanity check to make sure the VPS thing would work the way I think it would. If it’s running Tailscale then the double NAT would be a non-issue, correct? Is there another option that I haven’t thought of yet? Which of the two options would you choose?

EDIT, just in case anyone comes across this later, I suppose: I ended up going with a Tailscale funnel and it’s working beautifully so far. Setting it up gave me a little bit of trouble but it took nowhere near the amount of time to get working properly that any of the other solutions would have.

  • AnActOfCreation@programming.devEnglish
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    21 days ago

    get a VPS, run Tailscale and NPM on it and switch to Jellyfin

    Keep in mind that VPSs will charge for bandwidth, which adds up quickly when you’re streaming.

    One suggestion I haven’t seen mentioned is contacting your ISP. Sometimes you can get a dedicated IP, although you might have to pay for it.

    Alternatively you might just break down and pay for Plex Pass. I know that goes against the Lemmy philosophy to the very core, but for all its issues, Plex is still way ahead of Jellyfin in terms of features, UI/UX, etc. Jellyfin will get there, and I’m ready to switch the day that Plex becomes unusable, but that hasn’t happened yet.