Self Hosted Video Player With Registration and Membership Section
Software
reddit / selfhosted

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Effective-Eye-9928 · 2023-12-12 04:29

I know this exists because I used it back 10+ years ago when I was
working in another industry, but since then I can't find anything
close... or I don't know what I'm doing lol

I want a video player that will run on my server. After XX seconds, a
box pops up for the user to register a FREE account to the "Members
Section".

Then the video plays until either

1. another XX seconds pass and requires the member to "join" via paid
subscription to the members section
2. plays till the end and takes them to the library of content

\*IF they are to join the members area, there would be the ability to
buy just that video, or a monthly membership to all or a selected
group of videos.

TIA!

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h3r4ld · 2023-12-12 04:56

What you're describing is a streaming service.

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Effective-Eye-9928 · 2023-12-12 04:58

If you can't tell, I'm old so I go back to the quicktime and VLC
player days lol

Know of any offhand that do this type of thing?

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h3r4ld · 2023-12-12 06:31

No, I meant "you're describing Netflix".  Not really in the realm of
'self-hosted'.  Plex or Jellyfin will serve the media just fine, but
they're not going to do memberships and payments and time-limited
previews and all that.  Presumably you're aiming to serve more than
just a few friends or you wouldn't be asking about memberships &
signups and all, so what you're talking about (even on a relatively
small scale) would take a not-insignificant amount of infrastructure.

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Yurgenst · 2023-12-12 09:46

This sort of leaves the realm of self hosted. Many of us run our own
media servers but its generally just for close friends/family. Once
you start charging for your service there are a ton of other factors.
You need to own the rights to distribute the media, you'll need
servers in multiple locations to provide consistent access, and you'll
need to be treating all of your customer data with the care it
deserves. I think what you're looking for is going to require paying
someone to do it right.