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Looking to offload Plex from my gaming PC (lemmy.world)
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I am looking to basically just transition to a small time, forever on, server to support my growing Plex footprint. I don't need anything top of the line, and I've already crimped my lines to the room.

What's the most cost effective way to go about this? Figured i would come to the pros.

Thanks!

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[–] 14 points 9 hours ago (21 children)

Can I chime in without sounding anti-Plex? Nothing specifically against it, but they're kind of going bad. Jellyfin is a lot more private and better to host for data control/privacy.

Don't get me wrong, Plex of easy to setup, configure, share, etc. with a lot of robust features, but their private equity or venture capitalist money has them selling/sharing data and are cutting out jobs to save money, etc.

JF gives you the freedom Plex once did before its corruption. I've been on Plex 12+years and switched about a year ago.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 hours ago (7 children)

    I tried to move to Jellyfin...but it wasn't capable of scanning my library... either too big or too many different video types...but it has never been able to complete.

    Quick google search says this is a known issue, so I abandoned it.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 hours ago (5 children)

    How big is your library? Mine is close to 10TB with files of all sizes and types and I don't have an issue.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

    Um... Refuse to answer that question on the grounds that it may incriminate me... ;-)

    Seriously though, I think when you add movies and TV shows together, close to 70TB? (All with disc backups of course)

    The introduction of UHD has caused the libraries to explode in size...

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  • [–] 2 points 2 hours ago (1 child)

    I'm at close to 150TB, with a lot of my movies being 30GB+. Most are DVDs at full uncompressed, and BD rips in h.265. I've also still got my LG BD-ROM that I've ripped all my UHD discs on, and those are often over 40GB.

    Maybe there was an incompatibility or glitch last time. I'd try it again just in case! Could be a software bug, too. I've got an Intel 12900HX in my server. I know AMD are sometimes not as compatible.

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  • [–] 1 point 33 minutes ago

    yeah, I was running in a container with an RTX3050 backing it for transcoding, but it never really got to that point.. I've debated a dedicated plex server, using NFS to pull from my TrueNAS... but I already have 5 servers running in my environment...my electric bill isn't very friendly... ;-)

    This was only a couple of months ago... I'll try it again at some point...but I bought the Plex Pass back when it was like $49 for life... so I'm not hurting for anything. ;-)

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  • [–] 3 points 5 hours ago (1 child)

    Maybe try adding the files in 10 TB batches or something. My library is approaching that size, and no issues here. Could be tripping up on a specific file or something. I know Jellyfin can be a little particular about folder hierarchy and naming conventions, too.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 9 hours ago (12 children)

    See, I hadn't even heard that. Is JF on anything like Apple TV (like Plex) or would i have to figure out the streaming part?

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  • [–] 15 points 8 hours ago (10 children)

    It's pretty much everywhere Plex is. The main issue is that it's trickier to set up for sharing outside your LAN.

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

    I would never be doing that, so I'm sold on it then. It's basically just my backup movie/TV hub for my LAN.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 hours ago

    Definitely suggested then, you're also going to get drastically more features. If you remember a time when Plex plugins were available - its that. And more flexible.

    Any intel-based chipset past 6th gen or so will be ok, 7+ recommended, 10th+ for AV1. If you aren't doing any transcoding, just about anything will work include a pi.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

    Does TailScale make this easier or nah?

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  • [–] 4 points 7 hours ago (1 child)

    From my limited testing of tailscale a while back, I don't see any reason it wouldn't work. Saw no reason to switch from my wireguard setup.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 hours ago

    Can confirm it works. I have jf over tailscale.

    I use my own domain but could be done using tailscale urls if you dont want to deal with certificates, split horizon dns, etc.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

    The Jellyfin clients for Apple TV are not very good in my opinion and use case. Thankfully there are a lot more than there used to be 6 months ago. But, at least for me, they are lacking in features. I keep trying to them every so often hoping they have improved so I can finally make thr switch.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 hours ago (1 child)

    On the Apple tv just use infuse. Sure it sucks paying for an app, but it works.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago

    Glad it works for you, but it is missing live tv, which is the biggest thing all the Jellyfin apps either do poorly or don't do at all. I went through all 19 ish apps I could find a few weeks ago and none of them checked off all my boxes. But I will keep looking and hoping.

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