Set up your media server and access it from anywhere | Meshnet tutorial

[@Nordvpn]

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[@ThomasYoutubeKanal]

games ? PS5

[@mr.haddock4414]

I cant get it to work. Done everything just like in the video on windows and cant connect on other devices

[@JoshuaDay0550]

would have been nice to see this for windows.

[@MamaMia84oo7]

I love Meshnet. Not interested in streaming anything from my machines though. Its easy to stream from other people lol

[@ValorDucky]

How is it supported on roku if it can't install nordvpn?

[@user-vc7my3eb2r]

Yeah, I’m confused too.

[@JoshuaDay0550]

.... Jellyfish is what goes on roku, the media server software / app similar to plex.

[@ValorDucky]

@@JoshuaDay0550 and the jellyfin wont work without meshnet or any vpn service, which Roku doesn't allow.

[@LalK2K23]

Does my pc have to be always on if i want to watch it from my smartphone?

[@jamesleoni8590]

....Yes....

[@tober1995]

can you please explain the final custom DNS step to me please? i am on windows but am not sure what to do there?

[@Nordvpn]

The reverse proxy setup isn't required to access your Jellyfin Media server. If you don't set up your reverse proxy, you can just add :8096 at the end of your server's Nord name. Let me know if you have more questions! :)

[@guillerey502]

It works!!

[@Nordvpn]

Happy to hear that!

[@Wigwamwish]

I have been using meshnet with windows smb for more than a year now. What are the advantages of using Jellyfin over just a classical SMB?

[@Nordvpn]

The main two advantages of Jellyfin instead of mapping a network drive via SMB are the ability to organize your library and the transcoding ability. While the first is pretty self-explanatory the transcoding is not so much. Imagine you have a video that uses an exotic codec - you won't be able to just play it on all machines right out-of-the-box. Jellyfin in such cases will transcode the video and/or audio stream(s) to a format that's understood by other devices, without the need for additional software. On top of that, it comes with a robust web UI, which comes in handy for things like user access control or personalization.

[@Wigwamwish]

@@Nordvpn thank you! Will check it out.

[@joeking5211]

Will be much quicker and cheaper to use a free no-ip or similar ddns address surely ?.

[@Nordvpn]

Hi there! Both Meshnet and most of the dynamic DNS services are free. As for the time it takes to set up a dynamic DNS, reverse proxy, and forward ports versus setting up Meshnet - that's a strong no. Not only does it take more time, it also requires a lot more understanding than setting up Meshnet.

[@joeking5211]

@@Nordvpn Ah ok, Perhaps I have misunderstood your vid, I thought meshnet was a feature within NordVPN and I did'nt realise NordVPN was free with that feature, so thks for for the heads up.

[@Tech-Synthetic]

Wait how do i set a custom name address for windows?

[@Nordvpn]

You can skip that part entirely on Windows. Just be sure to add :8096 at the end of your server's Meshnet IP address or Nord name. -A.F.

[@Tech-Synthetic]

@@Nordvpn I appreciate it, but Tailscale was quite a bit easier to setup and understand. Does the same thing as a standalone app rather than being an add on feature of another product. Not to say I don't like some of your apps (I use Nordpass) but your VPN and meshnet is pretty rough.

[@ricead]

Thanks for this. I hated JellyFin. It ran rampant creating loads of jpg files on my NAS box which already had the jpgs for my videos. I already have a QNAP media server running and use VLC as my client. Any chance of a video setting up Meshnet with these?

[@dust195]

You realize you can disable the JPG creation functionality for jellyfin correct?

[@Nordvpn]

Hello! Currently there is no out-of-the-box support for QNAP for Meshnet, however, there are some community-based solutions based around Docker containers. As for accessing anything with VLC via Meshnet, you can check out the security camera article/video, as we cover accessing VLC streams through Meshnet in them. Here is a link to the documentation: meshnet.nordvpn.com/how-to/remote-access/phone-security-camera#inlineextension-windows-macos-and-linux

[@REGameFly]

Do friends or family also need NordVPN to connect to the mesh net?

[@amzgamingx]

they need your nordacount details.

[@Nordvpn]

Yes, both the client devices and server have to be connected via Meshnet

[@p-train4675]

missing information.

[@TheCbj79]

I did not get shit out out this! TO fast

[@randomgoogler8364]

Your video sucks because you don't explain how to connect meshnet to server. You skip it completely.... douce

[@prebaned]

This is horrible.

[@Plantsrdabestt]

This video is terrible. You should have made two video, one for Linux and one for Windows…. I did the meshnet on windows and it doesn’t pick up on external devices.

[@Nordvpn]

If we understand correctly, you're having an issue with accessing your Jellyfin server, correct? If that's the case please let us know what address you're using to access the server with?

[@ThomasYoutubeKanal]

ping is 150ms !!!! no online gaming .. all a big fake

[@Theunknownman52]

Meshnet is so slow it can't be used as a media server.

[@ThomasYoutubeKanal]

meshnet is slow as hell. you almost go back on modem speed .. so don´ t use it

[@Theunknownman52]

True