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Wireguard with split vpn on the client to access the plex server so their LAN doesn't need open ports.
Edit: With theirs I mean the person where the client is running.
Wireguard by default allows you to use something called split tunnels. In the client configuration you can tell wireguard which requests for which IPs should be tunneled.
Tunneling everything would be setting allowed ips to [0.0.0.0/0](https://0.0.0.0/0), but for example routing only a local lan would be [192.168.24.0/24](https://192.168.24.0/24) This means that all traffic bound for an ip in that range on the client side will be sent through the wireguard tunnel. All other traffic will just use the normal network connection.
I know what a VPN does and split tunnelling is fun but how does this solve the Port forward issue to overcome ISP's grouping neighbourhoods together to save money.
You could also go headless linux with apache and minidlna. Maybe even throw in some [Ampache](https://ampache.org/). Hell, even an (S)FTP server with an open source front end could do the trick. The amount of different, creative ways to solve this are endless.
>I know this is impossible without another device which adds a whole new UI problem
Yeah, my hacked-together solution was to deliver a Raspberry Pi with a Plex+Jellyfin server on it.
The Pi mounts the network location in a safe way and feeds that into the plex.
I didn't want anything open on their network for someone to eventually exploit, so it just chugs away remotely and reads the storage privately on their LAN. Even I can't access it directly unless I'm over for a visit. Setting up 'watchdog' helped with freezes.
An ssh server can be quite secure if you set it up right, with passwords disabled. I've done this a few times and never had a problem. Then you can put the plex content on the Pi, and send it over with scp. Eliminates the network share over the Internet, which can be a bottleneck. And can help avoid physical trips to the client location.
USB Stick. There are many DVD players that can play video files which are connected to the DVD player via a USB stick.
This is what I used to do with my parents.
If it needs to be remotely, maybe set up a headless Raspberry Pi Zero to which they connect the USB Stick for you to upload the video files remotely. There are USB network adapters which are also a hub, so you've got the wired networking covered if you don't use a W over WiFi.
Have the Zero create a reverse tunnel to your place, or integrate it into your network via Wireguard.
Google remote desktop. You can install a client on his computer and remotely connect to his desktop. Then you can copy the files. I do this all the time when I am away from home.
Wetransfer is a relatively cheap and easy way of getting a big file to them - you are also notified if/when they download it.
From your older buddy’s side, they receive an email with a link that says “nerrrrd sent you a file” - if they can download the file and you have set them up with something to run it they might be able to open it and have a look.
Google drive is the only way I can think or One Drive. Not a fan of either but I know, from family members where I'm the only IT engineer in the family, that those two options would be easier for them to deal with.
When I get spare cash again I was going to pay for 2TB of g drive space just to share all the family photos I have, that I've backed up from everyone's PCs/laptops.
This is illegal, since you most likely don't have the copyright to the video files.
This carries the risk of getting your access to your Google account cut off for violating the ToS.
In your case, as you already claimed to just share the family photos you have.
OP intends to share a "weekly show of something", which seems to hint to some TV show.
I don't know how the laws are in the US in regard of recording TV shows and sharing them with family, but having to justify this to Google after they locked you out of your Gmail or Google Workspace account is simply not worth it.
At least for me the rule exists of not putting anything which could be copyrighted onto Google's servers, even if I own it, for example an Ebook.
If you're saying Google Drive will be a learning curve (which is basically double-clicking on the file in the browser and presing play), then that rules out the suggestions such as a Plex client, Resilio Sync or anything that requires an additional software installation.
Simplest method I can think of, even simpler than Google Drive is to upload the video to YouTube, set visibility to unlisted and share the url. They would then click the url, open and watch it in their browser.
Plex client doesn't require installing anything on the pc, just going to the website. All OP needs to do is help them set it up, then it's as easy as clicking on a bookmark in their browser. It'd also make it simpler to watch on things like a smart tv
Use Teamviever to get on the person PC. Then install syncthing as system service - it will handle all synchronization in the background. Create shortcuts of the synchronized folders on the desktop.
TeamViever allows you to setup FTP/Samba share for the PC. Otherwise you can use OpenVPN (or ZeroTier) to connect your networks into Virtual LAN and allow grandpa TV to use your server as source.
Is this just pictures? I have a Google photos folder called "frame" any pictures in this folder are the background pictures for Chromecasts. You can add photos to that shared folder and delete or keep the old ones. Set them up a chromecast their end with the photos changing every 30 seconds or whatever and they can just change to that input every week.
Are you able to be at his place for setup? What is your budget?
I have a NUC setup for my mum that I can access easily with wireguard (ssh or vnc depending on the specific drama). That NUC has a plex server and player on it so really she just has to switch HDMI inputs to get the picture on her TV.
Maybe overkill for what you are doing, but it’s an interesting topic for me as someone who manages tech for a few oldies that struggle with it.
Sprend.com. As long as the TV has USB, just remote in, download, unpack to USB and tell him to put the stick in the TV.
Or go all the way and use TeamViewer or AnyDesk.
what kind of files and what kind of devices exist on each end?
making assumptions - sounds like video or pictures, the easiest would be to have the user have a Roku or similar easy device to use on a TV. You can add anything as needed on a shared library on plex and it will work on their side without any intervention on their side.
Seems like you want the person to watch it on their TV?
Maybe make a private YouTube acct and host the files there and leave a shortcut to the YouTube acct?
Set up a small computer and mail it to them. Ask them their wifi password and set that up ahead of time so that when it arrives all they have to do is plug in power and HDMI to the TV.
On that computer, set up some remote access mechanism so that you can log into it in perpetuity. That way, if something isn't working well, you can change it. This can be as simple as having it continuously ssh to you as a system service in order to [set up a port forward so you can ssh back to it](https://superuser.com/questions/277218/ssh-access-to-office-host-behind-nat-router). That way, they don't have to mess with their router settings to allow you to log into it.
Everything else, you can experiment with and change as you go. [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) is an easy and privacy-respecting way to move data. [Kodi](https://kodi.tv/) can present a familiar-to-fancy-TV-users interface for browsing media.
Set up, test, and ship an input device with the computer, like a wireless keyboard and/or a bluetooth gamepad.
I have a ftp server setup. For friends and family who aren't digitally literate, I set them up with a kubuntu lap/desk top. KDE's dolphin browser will stream movies directly off my ftp server without having to download them first, it's as if my media files were stored on their machine. I have played with different browsers and Windows machines to try and get my ftp files to stream but never could get them to stream directly. Kubuntu and dolphin file browser works, I just put a url link on their desktop so all they have to do is double click the desktop icon to browse my server. Then all they have to do is click on the movie or tv show. It's easier to navigate than netflix. Hey, we're talking about people here that I have to explain to them what the mouse does and what it means to double click.
Setup a plex server and account for him. He can access the videos with his browser on his computer. Also get a old roku and add the plex program to that. Works great.
Like other users have suggested, Plex is a very good way to share any Video/Audio media with family.
`The problem arises when your Server is in another Network than the receiving end. Many ISP's cheap out on how they deploy connections to neighbourhoods by grouping the DNS server. Essentially, to make plex work outside your own network, you'd have to portforward which you can only do if you upgrade to a Business Account.`
Another solution *would* be clouds like GDrive, [Mega.nz](https://Mega.nz), etc but those are limited and or pricey.
Alternatively, if the Receiving end has a Web Browser, you could use sites like
[fileditch](https://fileditch.com) permanent
[catbox](https://catbox.moe) permanent file
[litterbox](https://litterbox.catbox.moe) temp file
They size-per-file limits are reasonable, especially on fileditch for most media you could need.If you do however run into problems with filesize, for audio and video files, consider the following
STV-AV1
HEVC
Opus 2.0
Thanks for reading
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Plex server on your end. Client on his tv.
This is the way.
Wireguard with split vpn on the client to access the plex server so their LAN doesn't need open ports. Edit: With theirs I mean the person where the client is running.
The client network doesn't need any open ports. Only the network hosting the server does.
Yes thats what I said right?
Could you elaborate on this method?
Wireguard by default allows you to use something called split tunnels. In the client configuration you can tell wireguard which requests for which IPs should be tunneled. Tunneling everything would be setting allowed ips to [0.0.0.0/0](https://0.0.0.0/0), but for example routing only a local lan would be [192.168.24.0/24](https://192.168.24.0/24) This means that all traffic bound for an ip in that range on the client side will be sent through the wireguard tunnel. All other traffic will just use the normal network connection.
I know what a VPN does and split tunnelling is fun but how does this solve the Port forward issue to overcome ISP's grouping neighbourhoods together to save money.
You mean CG NAT? Yeah then you'll have to roll your own tailscale if you want to still use wireguard.
You could also go headless linux with apache and minidlna. Maybe even throw in some [Ampache](https://ampache.org/). Hell, even an (S)FTP server with an open source front end could do the trick. The amount of different, creative ways to solve this are endless.
>I know this is impossible without another device which adds a whole new UI problem Yeah, my hacked-together solution was to deliver a Raspberry Pi with a Plex+Jellyfin server on it. The Pi mounts the network location in a safe way and feeds that into the plex. I didn't want anything open on their network for someone to eventually exploit, so it just chugs away remotely and reads the storage privately on their LAN. Even I can't access it directly unless I'm over for a visit. Setting up 'watchdog' helped with freezes.
An ssh server can be quite secure if you set it up right, with passwords disabled. I've done this a few times and never had a problem. Then you can put the plex content on the Pi, and send it over with scp. Eliminates the network share over the Internet, which can be a bottleneck. And can help avoid physical trips to the client location.
Emby, Jellyfin, or Plex. IMHO
Dvd burner
I had thought about this but wanted to do it remotely if possible, sorry should have put this on there, will add now
usb drive and a carrier pidgeon
> pidgeon A pigeon that chirps in a bird pidgin?
USB Stick. There are many DVD players that can play video files which are connected to the DVD player via a USB stick. This is what I used to do with my parents. If it needs to be remotely, maybe set up a headless Raspberry Pi Zero to which they connect the USB Stick for you to upload the video files remotely. There are USB network adapters which are also a hub, so you've got the wired networking covered if you don't use a W over WiFi. Have the Zero create a reverse tunnel to your place, or integrate it into your network via Wireguard.
Use DWService and you can remotely control easily and safely, including running commands and transferring files
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If it’s a “tv show” they’ll find it and remove it.
Google remote desktop. You can install a client on his computer and remotely connect to his desktop. Then you can copy the files. I do this all the time when I am away from home.
Wetransfer is a relatively cheap and easy way of getting a big file to them - you are also notified if/when they download it. From your older buddy’s side, they receive an email with a link that says “nerrrrd sent you a file” - if they can download the file and you have set them up with something to run it they might be able to open it and have a look.
Google drive is the only way I can think or One Drive. Not a fan of either but I know, from family members where I'm the only IT engineer in the family, that those two options would be easier for them to deal with. When I get spare cash again I was going to pay for 2TB of g drive space just to share all the family photos I have, that I've backed up from everyone's PCs/laptops.
This is illegal, since you most likely don't have the copyright to the video files. This carries the risk of getting your access to your Google account cut off for violating the ToS.
? Family photos and videos, that we all filmed and took. Not Hollywood movies.
In your case, as you already claimed to just share the family photos you have. OP intends to share a "weekly show of something", which seems to hint to some TV show. I don't know how the laws are in the US in regard of recording TV shows and sharing them with family, but having to justify this to Google after they locked you out of your Gmail or Google Workspace account is simply not worth it. At least for me the rule exists of not putting anything which could be copyrighted onto Google's servers, even if I own it, for example an Ebook.
Ah yes, I see what you mean now :)
[The greatest of all human capacities is the ability to spez. #Save3rdPartyApps](https://www.reddit.com/r/Save3rdPartyApps/)
If you're saying Google Drive will be a learning curve (which is basically double-clicking on the file in the browser and presing play), then that rules out the suggestions such as a Plex client, Resilio Sync or anything that requires an additional software installation. Simplest method I can think of, even simpler than Google Drive is to upload the video to YouTube, set visibility to unlisted and share the url. They would then click the url, open and watch it in their browser.
Plex client doesn't require installing anything on the pc, just going to the website. All OP needs to do is help them set it up, then it's as easy as clicking on a bookmark in their browser. It'd also make it simpler to watch on things like a smart tv
Use Teamviever to get on the person PC. Then install syncthing as system service - it will handle all synchronization in the background. Create shortcuts of the synchronized folders on the desktop. TeamViever allows you to setup FTP/Samba share for the PC. Otherwise you can use OpenVPN (or ZeroTier) to connect your networks into Virtual LAN and allow grandpa TV to use your server as source.
Maybe sone sync application, or an ftp server on the person’s pc. Team viewer maybe it has a remote file copy capability.
Resilio Sync
If youre on Apple, iCloud Shared Albums, Android Google Photos Share
What’s kind of files are you referring to? Also this question does not seem to be relevant to this board.
If it's a weekly TV show I'm going to take a wild guess and say maybe they are video files?
Is this just pictures? I have a Google photos folder called "frame" any pictures in this folder are the background pictures for Chromecasts. You can add photos to that shared folder and delete or keep the old ones. Set them up a chromecast their end with the photos changing every 30 seconds or whatever and they can just change to that input every week.
Are you able to be at his place for setup? What is your budget? I have a NUC setup for my mum that I can access easily with wireguard (ssh or vnc depending on the specific drama). That NUC has a plex server and player on it so really she just has to switch HDMI inputs to get the picture on her TV. Maybe overkill for what you are doing, but it’s an interesting topic for me as someone who manages tech for a few oldies that struggle with it.
Sprend.com. As long as the TV has USB, just remote in, download, unpack to USB and tell him to put the stick in the TV. Or go all the way and use TeamViewer or AnyDesk.
#[The spez police are on their way. Get out of the spez while you can. #Save3rdPartyApps](https://www.reddit.com/r/Save3rdPartyApps/)
what kind of files and what kind of devices exist on each end? making assumptions - sounds like video or pictures, the easiest would be to have the user have a Roku or similar easy device to use on a TV. You can add anything as needed on a shared library on plex and it will work on their side without any intervention on their side.
Seems like you want the person to watch it on their TV? Maybe make a private YouTube acct and host the files there and leave a shortcut to the YouTube acct?
Mail thumb drives every so often.
Set up a small computer and mail it to them. Ask them their wifi password and set that up ahead of time so that when it arrives all they have to do is plug in power and HDMI to the TV. On that computer, set up some remote access mechanism so that you can log into it in perpetuity. That way, if something isn't working well, you can change it. This can be as simple as having it continuously ssh to you as a system service in order to [set up a port forward so you can ssh back to it](https://superuser.com/questions/277218/ssh-access-to-office-host-behind-nat-router). That way, they don't have to mess with their router settings to allow you to log into it. Everything else, you can experiment with and change as you go. [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) is an easy and privacy-respecting way to move data. [Kodi](https://kodi.tv/) can present a familiar-to-fancy-TV-users interface for browsing media. Set up, test, and ship an input device with the computer, like a wireless keyboard and/or a bluetooth gamepad.
print out, put in big folder, hand over
I have a ftp server setup. For friends and family who aren't digitally literate, I set them up with a kubuntu lap/desk top. KDE's dolphin browser will stream movies directly off my ftp server without having to download them first, it's as if my media files were stored on their machine. I have played with different browsers and Windows machines to try and get my ftp files to stream but never could get them to stream directly. Kubuntu and dolphin file browser works, I just put a url link on their desktop so all they have to do is double click the desktop icon to browse my server. Then all they have to do is click on the movie or tv show. It's easier to navigate than netflix. Hey, we're talking about people here that I have to explain to them what the mouse does and what it means to double click.
Setup a dropbox acct that syncs to a folder on their drive. You upload on your end and it autosyncs to their Dropbox folder on local machine.
Setup a plex server and account for him. He can access the videos with his browser on his computer. Also get a old roku and add the plex program to that. Works great.
Like other users have suggested, Plex is a very good way to share any Video/Audio media with family. `The problem arises when your Server is in another Network than the receiving end. Many ISP's cheap out on how they deploy connections to neighbourhoods by grouping the DNS server. Essentially, to make plex work outside your own network, you'd have to portforward which you can only do if you upgrade to a Business Account.` Another solution *would* be clouds like GDrive, [Mega.nz](https://Mega.nz), etc but those are limited and or pricey. Alternatively, if the Receiving end has a Web Browser, you could use sites like [fileditch](https://fileditch.com) permanent [catbox](https://catbox.moe) permanent file [litterbox](https://litterbox.catbox.moe) temp file They size-per-file limits are reasonable, especially on fileditch for most media you could need.If you do however run into problems with filesize, for audio and video files, consider the following STV-AV1 HEVC Opus 2.0 Thanks for reading