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BeetleB on Oct 27, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why I use Jellyfin for my home media library

> Do you use Plex as a client in all cases?

I use Plex on my Roku so I can watch my media on my TV instead of on a monitor. Occasionally (pretty rarely), I use it on my Android for the same reason.

And I take the Roku with me whenever I travel so I can watch things wherever I go.

> Using a different video player on my PC is a non-starter for me.

I don't use Plex to play videos on my PC. The experience is better on my TV, so I don't consume entertainment media via my monitor. To watch random video files on my PC, I use mplayer.

So how do you watch the media on your PC remotely?

contravariant on Oct 28, 2022 [–]

> So how do you watch the media on your PC remotely?

For stuff I'm planning to watch on my PC I just let sonarr/radarr import the files directly to my PC.

For stuff I want to view elsewhere I have a NAS and a raspberry pi with wireguard configured to make a VPN I can use to access my local network.

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