Using Plex on a Personal VPN Like Tailscale
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- Sign up for a Plex Pass: lon.tv/plexpass (compensated affiliate link) - See my Tailscale video here: • Tailscale is the Easie... - If you want to access Plex when you're not at home without opening ports on your router, a private / personal VPN is the best way to do it. See more Plex: • Plex and subscribe! lon.tv/s
VIDEO INDEX:
00:00 - Intro
01:34 - Demo NAS configuration
02:23 - VPN Options
03:22 - My Tailscale Configuration
05:09 - Playback Settings
06:01 - Playback Example
07:12 - Tailscale Server Sharing
08:11 - Accessing from Mobile Devices
09:11 - Conclusion
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Lon, I don't know how I've only just discovered your channel. I'm a long time CZcams binger just getting into Plex. I've found your content so informative and just love your attitude. You are sincerely one of the best CZcamsrs I've ever come across. Thank you so much for everything you do. ❤
I’ll have to rewatch the previous tailscqle video. This looks like what I need for remote family access
what a coincidence i was messing around doing this over the weekend haha great vid.
Great video! I’ll have to rewatch that tailscale video.
Tailscale is magical!
Keep up the great work
This helped me a lot thanks!
Great video Lon.
I just picked up an ONN streaming 4k box and can't seem to get it to work. Something with the google app store doesn't seem to like this device unfortunately. I am happy to see that the Apple TV does support it natively though!
Great video which I myself just solved this very problem last night before watching your video. 2 things though,
1. do you not need to fill in the tailscale ip address of the server in the "custom server access URLs" ? - my setup doesn't work if I don't
And 2, tailscale doesn't seem to work on a lot of other android tv stick and boxes, I tried on my Mi Stick and my Mi Box, Google play store provides to install but on launching I get a blank screen. It isn't even available on the FireTV app store - bummer
Hello Lon, I hope you can help me with some IT-related questions. I have a cabin with internet service, and I want to connect my Apple TV at the cabin to the one at my home using Tailscale. I'm not an IT person, so I need guidance on the Exit Node or the NEW Subnet Routing options through Tailscale to make it seem like my Apple TV at the cabin is actually at my house.
Secondly, I want to set up a Tablo, HDHomeRun, or similar product (to use an antenna to receive my local channels at my house ) at my home so that I can watch local channels on my Apple TV when I'm at my cabin. Please provide a tutorial that is easy to understand for those with little to no IT knowledge. Thank you in advance for your help.
Great video on topics many are interested in. I had been avoiding messing with tailscale as it's all over reddit and other forums that bandwidth is limited and unable to stream direct plex higher bit rate content. It sounds like your experience has been the opposite. I wonder why that is the case for some but not others? It seems like most people have bandwidth restrictions. I noticed on your streaming graph it pulled 200+ mbps when it started steaming the movie initial buffer. Is it commonly that fast?
Tailscale will always attempt to make a direct point-to-point connection but will fall back to their servers if it can't establish one. From my place to my mother's place I'm able to run pretty much at the full speed of her connection.
@@LonSeidman impressive! Do you know why or how it determines to fallback to its servers? Is it based on maximum latency requirements or something?
@@ckirkyg Here's a little bit more on it : tailscale.com/kb/1257/connection-types/ - they have a status indicator you can summon on the command line to troubleshoot too.
@@LonSeidman super helpful and great content as always thanks for the reply
you are the goat
My question is where did you get a HD version of The Abyss. 😊 AFAIK There is no official HD home video release
Have you ever tried a 4K REMUX file for transcoding? I'm curious how that Synology would fair.
My Plex Server is running on a WD PR2100 like yours - Tailscale is not available for this NAS so I cannot use this method to get to my Plex Server it appears.
Lon, could this setup work for accessing an hd homerun on another network or would the hd homerun have to have a client installed on it somehow?
It would be easier with a network-wide VPN that puts you on the network remotely. I've done that before - Tailscale would require some additional routing as the client can't run on the HDHomerun.
Lon, is it possible to update this vid with how to setup plex over Tailscale over DSM 7. I am having a problem reaching my plex server
See here at 16:41 : czcams.com/video/_Yhkg-0KDXU/video.html
@@LonSeidman thank you
Is Tailscale on an Apple TV as a server fast enough to play content with 50/60mbps considering the internet connection is a 500/200mbps in both points, (server and client), or does the connection speed connected to Tailscale drop a lot?
My testing so far (when it doesn’t route through a relay server) is pretty quick - I was easily pushing close to 500 megabits to my mom’s place.
On the Plex dashboard it still shows the remote connections as indirect plays, any ideas what could be the problem? Appreciate the video, thanks in advance!
I have the same issue
In settings -> Network, change the "secure connections" option to "preferred" rather than "required". Tailscale connections appear as insecure to plex.
What's the advantage of using VPN vs connecting using port forward?
Your server is not exposed to the internet
It didn't work for me, I can ping my plex server from my laptop, but I can't see my plex library this way. Did you make any additional configuration?
Is it possible to use Tailscale installed on a NAS ( mine is a QNAP) to access my Plex media server remotely from say a tablet or phone while away from my home network?
yes as demo'ed here it'll work provided you have the client installed
I am running Plex on a standalone unRAID media server and I've been struggling for days. Here are the combinations that work and don't work when trying to access Plex content. ATT Fiber Modem/Router combo (BGW320-505); port forwarding / static IP has been set in the router; manually specified port via Plex network settings.
Work
-via PC connected via ethernet
-via mobile on cellular (no VPN)
Don't Work
-via anything over local WiFi
-via mobile on cellular (Tailscale VPN)
Has anyone had this issue?
Question, how do you set up the Tailscale on the actual server your Plex is being hosted on? I have a Windows 11 machine hosting my Plex server and not sure how to set it up there. This is great for the client, but doesn't help solve the server part.
Same as the client ,Install tailscale on the server machine and the two will interconnect
@@LonSeidman I found your earlier Tailscale video (czcams.com/video/_Yhkg-0KDXU/video.htmlsi=qDtHKwxKpTY-iDhK) on using it with anything on the machines. That solved my problem. Thanks for responding.
Would this work with T-Mobile 5G home internet?
Tailscale should work, yes
T-Mobile Home Internet is the entire reason I started using Tailscale. The TMHI CGNAT architecture makes the usual home-router-based methods fail. But what Tailscale does cuts right through that and works. A web search should lead you to threads and videos about it.
Too bad it does not seem to work on Roku devices.
how about antenna channel scan from your mothers house to yours...using plex
Spelling of “accessing” in the title of your video, Lon.