Looking for suggestions for an app my family can use to “stream” entertainment from server to TV/computers while staying within the home network.

I know of a guide to redirect Plex so it doesn’t have to go to the internet, but I haven’t been able to get it to work.

Any recommendations?

  • ElevenNotes@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    My Plex is offline except for Metadata downloads. What does not work on your end? Why do you need an offline Plex? Plex works offline too, you just get no Metadata unless you have it in the folder of the file.

    • vesuveusmxo@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      For real?! What settings do you have?

      When my internet went out, Plex was offline, even though it’s through the same router hardware as TVs and computers.

      I want offline capabilities in new location in case power goes out, internet speeds vary, etc

      • ElevenNotes@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        This is the frist time I hear of that. Plex alway worked offline. Did you forget to add your subnet to the “no authentication” list?

        • weeklygamingrecap@alien.topBEnglish
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          11 months ago

          Had similar experience to OP, added no authentication list, that fixed it, kind of. But it’s not 100% at least for me, still never tracked down why that is.

        • breid7718@alien.topBEnglish
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          11 months ago

          Plex works offline if you set your subnet to the “no auth” list. However, a lot of smart TV clients require that you be online to run the client because they don’t store the software locally. We run AppleTV boxes and have no issues using local library while Internet is out.