Bryan065

There’s another trick I use sometimes when nothing else works…

• Use ANOTHER computer to install Windows onto the the original laptop drive. (make sure that computer you’re using has no other drives plugged in).

• once the installation process is complete, during the reboot countdown, turn off the computer instead, don’t let it reboot.

• install the drive back into the original computer

I’ve used that method to get around off lease or auction laptops where I couldn’t reset/remove/clear/reflash the bios password and all the boot stuff/order is locked down

oh I forgot about Plexamp. Its been my main music app since it also does Android auto.

It just works so well and nothing else comes close so far.

This was the security report from awhile back:

https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/5415

Lot’s of things have been fixed but theres still much to do. The issue was broken down to smaller issues for tracking and I check back every once in a while.

Even if there were no security issues, exposing jellyfin is also another can… choice of:

1. open up ports
2. cloudflare (and potential ban for video content on the free tier, even if caching is disabled)
3. vps with enough bandwidth

There’s still a bunch of outstanding API security issues last I checked, so it’s not secure enough for me to open to the web.

Teaching friends and family to use it with a VPN is a whole another can. Also, you’ll have to make sure the VPN is secure and users don’t have access to the rest of your network…

and then you’ll have to deal with client apps/access for mobile, android boxes, TVs, and Chromecasts…

I got lucky with the Plex Pass too so I can only ride this out to the end until Jellyfin catches up. (also, I’m not good to contribute code)