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portable jellyfin stack (discuss.online)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'll be vacationing for a month and want to setup a portable jellyfin server/stack. I'm not sure how good the internet will be, website says 300 mbps, but I won't know until I'm there, so not sure remote playback is an option. I already have a n100 minipc I bought for a backup firewall, so I'd just need to buy RAM for it.

Here's what I'm thinking would be the easiest setup for this:

travel router to vpn to internet
jellyfin server
nas os (will probably be truenas/omv, haven't settled on that yet) using external hard drive (I have a 5tb hdd that's just sitting around)

to get media on nas, docker containers on nas OS:

radarr
sonarr
sabnzbd

Is there an easier way to get media on the nas, or better options (or anything I'm overlooking) for any of it for those that have done a portable/offiline media server? Thanks in advance!

Edited for formatting

Edit: the consensus seems to be that this is overkill. I had a good reason at some point over just a laptop, but after sleeping on the feedback I don't remember what it was.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

I download all my content to my laptop/phone and then just run a server from there, either using jellyfin, vlc, or casting software to my firestick.

But since it's a month long, it's a decent amount of content. I mean, you're already planning on buying ram so you could spin up a virtual server for like 15 bucks or less and just use that for a month.

Also since you're bringing this pc, it doesn't have to be crazy. I'd just use Windows or any OS you have and serve my content on the network using Jellyfin or VLC. Since it's jellyfin you can use their clients and avoid transcending, and should be set on a mini pc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I had considered that as well. I'm just thinking out loud.

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