I live in Canada, and have Rogers for Internet and cell/mobile. Yet again, Rogers network (all across Canada, same thing that happened a couple of years ago) went down. It was down for a few days last time, and is still partially down now. Some sites work, some don’t. Ones that do take a very long time to open.
This takes down everything. Phone calls, Internet, etc. Which I personally think is extremely dangerous. But, to the point, I have a media server computer with a LOT of media to watch, so I thought, “hey, it sucks, but at least I have a tonne of movies and TV shows on my Plex Media Server to watch”. NOPE! While I get that some of the functions, such as trailers or other IMDB info would require the internet, I should still be able to access my local media! There is absolutely no reason why I should lose access to my local media streaming when the Internet goes down other than really bad programming.
but that’s a big part of the problem. When Rogers goes down, it goes down on everything. Internet, TV, Cell phones, etc. It went down a couple of years ago for a few days. It was bad. I figured it was just a one-off, but now it’s back down again. Some of it is back up, but at extremely slow speeds, and only half the sites will load. So there’s no searching online for fixes.
As I said, I do get that certain parts need the Internet, but full functionality for LAN, definitely not. Especially if I have a paid version of Plex. Internet goes down all the time, though not always this bad. People shouldn’t lose the ability to use things within their own home over LAN/WiFi just because the Internet goes down.
For reasons like this (and the future of Plex as a whole) I run Jellyfin on my PMS machine as a backup to my media on my local network. I work in another state 6 days a week (have all non-tech people in m y house) and can’t do a thing to “switch” my Plex to local from work if the my ISP is down. Just tell them to use the JF app on their devices. Works like a charm.
I never heard of it, I’ll have to check it out. How does it measure up to Plex for simplicity and organization?
It uses the same folders and structure as my plex (I keep them pointed at the same locations). I do have to use an external EPG for the tuners for my OTA Live TV. I just pay the yearly fee to SchedulesDirect (but you can try it for 7 days free runs about $25 a year) if you need it for tuner(s) like me. The UI isn’t as refined as Plex but I don’t mind it at all. It does have some customizations that Plex doesn’t.
Search the forums, you can setup your server and clients to work without internet. You need to do this before your internet fails. I have done this and it does work, just at start it is a bit slow as it is first trying to reach the servers for authorization.
I managed to use the download facility to download movies to my tablet and watched them on the plane with no internet. I have also downloaded all of my music and use that when driving, internet or not.
I would encourage users to vote on this if not done already. It’s really crucial feature imo for any media server.
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