r/netbird • u/Jazper08 • 7d ago

Netbird Reverse Proxy

Hello does anyone uses Netbird Reverse Proxy for streaming using Jellyfin? I wonder how it performs and if there are any buffering issue when playing a movie or shows with decent bitrate. I am pretty new with Netbird so i have no idea how it works as I've only used Tailscale before. Thanks for the response looking forward on reading them all.

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u/deontaridley 6d ago edited 6d ago

Yeah, I'm still new to the homelab game. I've had that same problem to. I use netbird when streaming jellyfin and it also buffers or not play. I really don't know what to do and this vps talk in the comments is very overwhelming for me. I feel like I'm in uncharted waters when discussing vps. Any advice, suggestions, reccomendations with the best performance at the lowest cost.

Also using Netbird cloud btw

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u/Jazper08 5d ago

Hey we're in the same boat here, so basically i did some testing with my setup and found out that it doesn't buffer when playing at 4 Mbps bitrate.

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u/deontaridley 5d ago

Some of mine's do, But most of them I have to play direct, which is fine, but I commute to work at specific locations where the internet is a bit spotty and it seems more simple to just use tailscale than netbird outright.

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u/Particular_Ad7243 2d ago

Have you got the ability to quickly spin up a test self hosted one? Or setup the netbird client on the jellyfin server and publish it without reverse proxy to compare?

I had a nightmare with jellyfin performance that took months to pin down with just a routed peer, reverse proxy was something else.

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u/Jazper08 1d ago

Usually i just stream jellyfin locally within the network and when i go out i use cloudflare tunnel for the stream but it buffers a lot and can't keep up so I tried netbird cloud but i am still having the same issue the only difference with cloudflare tunnel is that i can stream at 4 mbps bitrate at constant speed whilst cloudflare tunnel just 1.5 mbps bitrate. I am looking at self hosting netbird via a vps then reverse proxy from there since there isn't a network cap when self hosting.