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finesse 3.0.3 is out. there's an android app now, with android auto: your music next to maps, wheel buttons work, picks up where you left off.
still free and open source, windows and linux.
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@alphafox apple refunding the purchase and plex pulling the lifetime pass is a nasty gap. worth disputing with plex support either way.
Finesse is free, open source, jellyfin-based (no paywalled remote streaming): github.com/CoffeeCC/fines…
jellyfin people, what do you wish someone told you before setup? mine: turn on hardware transcoding day one.
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discord: discord.gg/G4RfBMytJg
@samilaiho worth adding: patching closes the hole but won't remove anything already dropped. check the Codecs folder for .so/.dll files you didn't put there and Preferences.xml for transcoder options you never set, then sign out all devices so a leaked token dies
@Kantorcodes also worth rotating your Plex token once you've cleaned up. sign out of all devices and change the password, since a proxy sitting on the box could've grabbed it.
has anyone seen these persisting outside the Plex data folder, or is it just the Codecs dir so far?
@TheHackersNews worth adding: if your server was exposed before you patched, updating alone doesn't clean it up. check the Codecs folder for .so/.dll files you don't recognize, watch for xmrig eating CPU, and sign out all devices so the admin token gets rotated. anyone actually found one?
@KorothArjun running all that off an 80w usb-c charger is the part that gets me. if that's the 7840hs, set jellyfin's hardware acceleration to vaapi so the 780m handles transcodes instead of the cpu.
what are you running the mini-llms with, ollama?
curious what actually keeps people on plex at this point. the apps? sharing with family? habit?
not judging, i just want to know what jellyfin setups still get wrong. tell me here or in the discord: discord.gg/G4RfBMytJg
@patomation@IntCyberDigest it's had its own bugs too, so same rules apply: keep it updated, don't port forward 8096 straight to the internet, and use tailscale or a reverse proxy with auth if you need it away from home. not exposing it is what would've saved most of the plex boxes that got hit.
@mrtdlgc@banteg welcome over. flip hardware transcoding on under playback early if you've got quick sync or nvenc, it ships off.
if you want the arr apps and a request page wired up around it too, Finesse does it in one go, free and open source: github.com/CoffeeCC/fines…
@CharredJawa same, and this week made it easy to feel smug about. if anyone you know is finally ditching plex over it, Finesse sets up jellyfin plus sonarr/radarr and a request page in one go. free, open source, and no plex account phoning home. github.com/CoffeeCC/fines…
@MLeighDev way less painful than it used to be.
an old PC or mini PC with a recent Intel chip is plenty, Quick Sync handles transcoding.
Finesse sets up Jellyfin, the arr apps and a request page in one go on Linux or Windows: github.com/CoffeeCC/fines…
what hardware do you have?
@atalas_tech those IP block emails are usually the NAS auto-blocking failed logins on an exposed port, so worth checking what's open. the lifetime pass is already paid for, but if you want to try Jellyfin, Finesse sets it up free with the arr apps in one go: github.com/CoffeeCC/fines…
@hamsterico bazarr. it grabs subs for your sonarr/radarr library on its own, in the languages you pick
no need to hunt for releases with subs. let bazarr handle it
wrong language usually means jellyfin picked an embedded track. set a preferred subtitle language in jellyfin settings
@AlexxGed good PSA. also check you aren't forwarding 32400 if you don't need remote access.
if this is the push to leave Plex, Finesse sets up Jellyfin and the arr apps on Windows or Linux. free, no Plex Pass, remote streaming isn't paywalled: github.com/CoffeeCC/fines…
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