MRW my significant other asks why the Disney+ password isn't working

I recently grabbed the new RPi 5 and a 16TB external drive, slapped Jellyfin, Tailscale and qBittorrent on it. It runs flawlessly and I will never go back.

Is there somewhere that explains how to do this susscinctly?
is tailscale for accessing stuff from outside? as i see it's a vpn thing
- Yeah, accessible out side without port forwarding.

What happened at Disney, I've been pirating since forever lol

They fired Jimmy Kimmel after he said a very mild comment about Charlie Kirk's alleged killer, all because the FCC head threatened to take away their license, despite the fact that he was simply using his first amendment right to free speech.
Thankfully Disney had the sense to rehire him, but the fact that they caved to pressure from Fascists to begin with is some unforgivable shit.
Bent the knee to losing the first amendment
The whole Jimmy Kimmel cancellation.
Doing the lord's work
- The dark lord.

How does Jellyfin compare to Stremio? The wife likes Stremio because it works exactly like any other streaming app: get recommended stuff based on your viewing habits, pick something to watch, stream instantly. HDR and Dolby Atmos just works out of the box too. Couldn't be simpler.

Is Jellyfin similar, or does it work more like Plex/Kodi, where you have to acquire the content, stick it on a server, and build up a movie/TV collection manually?

yes, but with Sonarr/Radarr/Lidarr/Etc, you can automate it. You just add tv/movies/music you want to download, and it will periodically check torrents/usenet for releases that match your criteria. It's pretty cool.
- But why go through all that effort when I could just continue using Stremio instead? There is nothing to automate in Stremio. You just pick what you want to watch and watch it.
  Maybe people aren't explaining it in a way that clicks with me, but I just don't understand the benefit of Jellyfin. It seems like a lot of unnecessary hassle for no reason.
More like Plex but without the 'corporate' that Plex has these days.
Its like plex but without any of the features and free content. You have to set more up yourself to use jellyfin, and you need your own content. You could technically watch plex's free content without bringing your own though.
- Okay thanks for the info.
  We'll be sticking with Stremio. It's just too convenient.

Just set up my old rpi3b+ with omv6, a docker compose jellyfin server + nginx duckdns reverse proxy and 6tb of external storage today

I am trying to set something like this up, got as far as sonarr and qbit setup and talking to each other, but I can't figure out the RSS part of it.. are there any tips for a newbie to get into the fold?

What's the "rss" part of it? I have the arr suite + jellyfin and jellyseer and I didn't have to configure amything related to rss.

Jellyfin is pretty good though I'm still not a fan of the player just because it doesn't give you options for transcode disable without setting it for a specific user.

Although it has gotten much better at not bothering to transcode when the device supports the source codec.

But hey I mean its miles better than the vomit UI that are streaming apps these days. And you can always just use your favorite player like Kodi or VLC if you want.

I've been running a Plex server for a few years now. At the beginning of this year, I finally cancelled all my streaming services (including Disney+ and Hulu) and use Plex almost exclusively. It's always sad to see a boycott going on that I can't participate in because I've already quit the service.

I do still pay for Curiosity Stream, but that's basically like Netflix exclusively for documentaries. And super cheap compared to other streaming services. (Most expensive service is just under $6/mo if you pay annually) Gotta support the educational services!

I saw someone link to the PBS Passport here yesterday. I need to look into that too. PBS needs donations to stay alive, especially with our current administration trying to gut it.

If you're into small streaming services, also look at Dropout for your comedy needs.
- Nice! I haven't heard of that one. I'm familiar with Shudder, which a streaming service exclusively for horror films and TV shows. Perfect for this upcoming season; my wife and I are already binging horror movies
  I'm a huge fan of horror, so I've been toying with getting a subscription to Shudder for a while now, but every horror movie and show I want to watch eventually ends up on my Plex server anyway.
I pay for Nebula.tv for a similar reason. Mostly for Legal Eagle and City Beautiful.
- I paid for Nebula's Lifetime account, back when it was much cheaper. If I can avoid subscriptions, I will. Because subscriptions always end up more expensive than a one-time purchase.
  EDIT: I follow Legal Eagle on Nebula too. I used to follow Charles Cornell as well, but he's stopped releasing content on Nebula and has switched back to YouTube exclusively. I have a few others I follow on Nebula, but they haven't been posting much content lately. I'll have to check out City Beautiful.
I’ll shout out NASA+, there isn’t a lot on there but it’s free.
There's not a ton of content on PBS passport. I just keep the subscription running and check it every six months or so for new content.
I haven't heard of Curiosity Stream, but sounds like something I'd actually watch. Thanks for dropping that name
Damn, Sherlock is on PBS Passport? Crazy, great show

Since casting JF to a Chromecast requires that it be resolvable by Google's DNS (or at least, it used to be that way I think), here's a fun trick to get it working: point your public DNS record to your private IP. It's apparently not always supported by your DNS provider, but it works great for me (namecheap).

No need to expose your JF instance over the Internet this way, and no need for complicated DNS interception stuff with your router.

You may need to have SSL certs for casting, not sure.

I redirect all DNS to my router. Its how my ad block works. No matter what you try all DNS leads to the router.
- That doesn't help you in this case, since Google isn't running their servers in your network.
Here's hoping FCast gets the traction it deserves soon and more open source projects start supporting it over Chromecast's proprietary bs
- Why aren't they implementing openscreen?
  https://github.com/w3c/openscreenprotocol
Com to c/selfhosted, we'll help
complicated DNS interception stuff with your router.
It's often not that hard. Many routers have a setting for local dns records.
If you do make a public DNS record, I recommend not putting "plex" or "jellyfin" or "TV" in the domain or subdomain. Make it something more generic.
I recently got a domain from Namecheap, $100 for ten years. If you want something that changes every year, you can get some .xyz domain for like $2 for the first year (and then it'll go up to more the next years.)
- It's often not that hard. Many routers have a setting for local dns records.
  Right, that's easy, but IIRC google devices hard code their DNS servers for casting, so you need to intercept traffic bound for 8.8.8.8.
  These folks suggest that just blocking the DNS servers allows you to use your own fallback. Haven't personally tried that, but perhaps more straightforward.

I've been running a jellyfin server for a while now but barely use it. For some reason I can't get other devices on my local network to be able to sign into it. One out of ten times it'll work, but the other nine times it just doesn't and says it can't connect. I dunno. Probably a me problem.

Is the computer running it going to sleep and coming back with a new IP address maybe? Or just asleep when you’re trying to use it? Gotta set it to never-sleep, just display off
- You should be able to tell your router to always assign the same IP to the same MAC for specific machines.
- I'm unsure. It's been a while since I tried. I'll do some troubleshooting when I get a moment.
What sort of clients? What apps or browsers?
Are you attempting to connect using the IP address of the server, or by the device/domain name or whatever?
Is it just that your app cannot find the server, or is it able to find the server but the login credentials are not working or something?
What is the error/issue I found it really straightforward especially with the QR code for quick connect
Maybe hairpin nat?

Actually me lolll

i was a long jellyfin user, but i dismissed all of that, stremio is just too easy to use.

Good luck "streaming" an old torrent or a high bitrate 4k movie. Plus, with jellyfin you don't need to have an internet connection once you have the media.

Forcing people to follow a boycott is pointless tho... Just talk to them about it.

Nobody forced you to do anything. You got told about a boycott and just started acting like a dishonest assclown. We had nothing to do with it.
It totally depends on the situation. If the significant other here is the type of person who does not care one way or the other where their content comes from and just wants to watch Frozen, I see no issue with this hypothetical scenario. Though you would probably expect the family sysadmin to have already communicated the platform migration to the significant other before they try logging into the old platform.
- The SO could always pay for a subscription themself.