What are the best hardware and OS combos for a media setup?
Nvidia Shield + Lineage OS? Chromesomething? Roku? AppleTV? X86 + Linux? (I’m not afraid of Linux, but remember some posts about video acceleration not working and services being web only.)
this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2024
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My server is 12+ years old made with desktop parts and I use an original Apple TV to watch.
This can be done cheaply.
$19.99 Walmart ONN Google play box. Handles 1080p just fine via Kodi over wifi.
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I use Jellyfin on an old laptop running Ubuntu. I like Jellyfin because it's FOSS.
It’s a little bit of brain damage to figure it out but once it’s all set up the *arr stuff and Jellyfin makes it pretty painless
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Depends what you want to do. You can do stremio + real debrid on just about anything but if you want to do your own server I would get a cheap used tower off of eBay that has an intel processor with integrated graphics and throw Ubuntu server on it and drop in a commercial NAS drive for storage like a WD Red. I did that for ~300 and am happy with the results (half of that budget was storage)
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I just use Android TV.
Second this, android tv will run kodi (with seren) and stremio if you wanna go the real-debrid route. And if you decide to board media for some reason it'll run plex, emby, or jellyfin. Shield tv used to be king but its pretty expensive for older hardware
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I pay for a bunch of crap because I split it with my ex, but now I'm waiting for them all to throw a bitch fit over multiple households so I can just go back to the implied activity.
I like paying for things, and have been more accepting than most about price hikes cause I get that servers cost money. Lately though I've been tired of reading about the "pay more as we strip content" strategy everyone is utilizing. The real kicker though is watching people who outright paid for content having it stripped from them.
If purchasing isn't owning, piracy isn't theft. Of course I'm aware of the legal reality of content ownership, but it's still implied that by "purchasing" a title you'll retain access to it. Like on Steam, if something gets pulled but you own it, they still have it tucked away somewhere so you can still download it in the future - They don't just tell you to eat a dick.
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I jumped Plex ship long time ago, don't trust them. Jellyfin is open source and the way to go
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Plex be like:
"All this shit you got is legit, right?"
"Yep, all 15,000 video files, yes sir, now plz stream."
Does Plex have a dependency for their servers? Like, if I were to unplug my modem would it still work or would it flip shit if it can't phone home?
I love Plex for the most part, but this is why I also run jellyfin with my same media collection.
You can browse directly to your server's local IP address and use it that way if your Internet goes down. The cloud stuff just allows you to connect from the outside without port forwarding on your firewall.
I don't mean when the internet goes down but never has internet access. Like I would want it on it's own VLAN with no internet access.
Don't believe so, you have to create a plex account and authenticate to use the platform.
You can absolutely configure it to allow exceptions for LAN so that you don't need to authenticate to their servers over the web.
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In you use case I would look at Jellyfin. One of Plex's main features is sharing across the web
Would Jellyfin play well with a VPN to watch media while outside my network?
I can't see why not, if you know how to set it up. I am sure there are existing docker containers to help you out. But I am a Plex guy, not a Jellyfin expert.
I appreciate the help! Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions.
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Also Plex: everything works great but you can have tons of rad features for $5 a month, or just pay $90 once for life! Hell yeah, I snagged that life time pass and love all the extra features.
I've never looked into anything outside of the vanilla setup, what kind of features are you enjoying?
Auto detection of intros and credits and the ability to skip them is my favorite. Downloading files to any device for offline watching. Hardware accelerated streaming (vital). Being able to set bandwidth limits. It’s all pretty key imo
That does sound pretty rad, thank you
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