Honest question, because I know multiple people who are not looking to jump ship since they already have the Plex Pass.

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    1. Copy the compose.yaml from https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-jellyfin/#user-group-identifiers and adjust, e.g.:
    services:
      jellyfin:
        image: lscr.io/linuxserver/jellyfin:latest
        container_name: jellyfin
        environment:
          - PUID=1000
          - PGID=1000
          - TZ=Europe/Madrid
        volumes:
          - ./config:/config
          - ./media:/media
        ports:
          - 8096:8096
          - 8920:8920
          - 7359:7359/udp
        restart: unless-stopped
    
    1. Run docker compose up -d

    2. Navigate to http://<IP>:8096

    3. Follow the wizard to create a user and libraries.

    4. Profit


    Steps for Plex:

    1. Copy the compose.yaml from https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-plex/?h=plex#umask-for-running-applications and adjust, e.g:
    ---
    services:
      plex:
        image: lscr.io/linuxserver/plex:latest
        container_name: plex
        environment:
          - PUID=1000
          - PGID=1000
          - TZ=Etc/UTC
          - VERSION=docker
        volumes:
          - ./config:/config
          - ./media:/media
        ports:
          - 32400:32400
        restart: unless-stopped
    
    1. Run docker compose up -d

    2. Navigate to http://<IP>:32400

    3. Create an account with Plex, give them your email and create a password with the specific requirements they impose. Agree with their use policy and confirm the pop-ups about ads and such.

    4. You can now watch Plex media. Clicking your media will only have a link to https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/

    5. Look everywhere to figure out where to add your local media and give up.

    6. Look in Google and no one has this issue.

    7. Spend a few hours trying and give up.

    BTW, the issue there that took me months to figure out is that while Plex documentation says that you only need to expose that port, it only works in network host mode, so unless you give it full control of your network it just refuses to work.

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        6 hours ago

        So? Jellyfin only needs 8096, the other two are https and lan discovery, you can also add 1900 for DNLA. On the other hand Plex has 8 additional configurable ports for other stuff, but that’s besides the point because it requires network_mode: host otherwise it pretends it can’t be seen.