Jellyfin's an awesome open source home media server. I'll show you how I use it to organize my movies and TV shows.Part 1 (how I rip media to my computer) he...
Okay , for anyone who can advise a noob like me.i don’t want NAS, of fancy connections and switches and gears. All I want is to get SSD or HDD , an tore t client to download ahem " iso"s and then I open my TV/comouert and voilà it’s there, what is easy and simplest way to do it ?.
I got that but wondered if he knew what an NAS can be. It doesn’t need to be complicated but you are right: he can just add a bunch of HDDs to his current PC and install the necessary server apps. But I doubt someone who doesn’t want to bother with an added NAS has a PC that can host a bunch of extra SATA drives.
I know what I’m doing, and I don’t want a NAS. I have a 4Tb M.2 as my boot & games drive, and 2x 14TB HDD for Media. I have Plex installed and it’s great.
Most people don’t need a NAS. Unless you’re running a full network setup like Linus, a NAS isn’t needed.
I can watch stuff on my PC, or I can cast to the living room TV, while the missus casts to the bedroom PC.
Unless you’re running a full network setup like Linus
I’m not sure I understand what that means but yes, a NAS is not indispensable, but it’s a great convenience. Pre-NAS that’s how I rolled until I didn’t want to have to run my full-powered gaming PC all the time.
No no, I can read the audience. He can get a pre-built NAS from the likes of Synology or QNAS with a nifty simplified web interface. They are very low maintenance and there are detailed, step-by-step guides to turn them into streaming monsters.
Can you get better hardware for less money? If you go the DIY route without a doubt. But sometimes you want a box with a bunch of drives to store your movies and serve them without a hassle and you can buy that.
My only complaint is Synology skimps too much on the RAM.
If you have a computer, and it’s on the internet, you have NAS… Network Attached Storage… your computer is on the network, and it has storage, then it’s network attached storage. Everything else is just software controlling it all. FFS
Yes, you’re right, pedantic, but right. Thing is, we’ve been talking about having an “on-prem” NAS.
There’s really not any need to have a go at me, I’m just trying to help some dude who doesn’t want to spend an extra 300 quid on a NAS box, setup the software and have to play with raid.
As if any of that is more complicated than running your off the shelf Windows computer… at about the same cost… because, ultimately, they’re the same thing… an operating system, running one or more storage drives, plugged into a network. If that is too complex to wrap one’s mind around… well… shrugs
NVIDIA Shield with USB drive, and the Shield supports running Plex. Hook the Shield up to your main TV, share its content anywhere else you need it using Plex. You can even torrent directly on the Shield.
Okay , for anyone who can advise a noob like me.i don’t want NAS, of fancy connections and switches and gears. All I want is to get SSD or HDD , an tore t client to download ahem " iso"s and then I open my TV/comouert and voilà it’s there, what is easy and simplest way to do it ?.
Get a Synology NAS, put HDDs in it, easily install Torrent client and media server software, and enjoy.
A NAS is a box for HDDs, a low-powered computer to drive them, an OS, and some bits of software you choose to run on it.
He literally just said he didn’t want a NAS. All he needs then is to a get a couple 2-4 TB SSDs, and just stick them in his computer. Boom done
I got that but wondered if he knew what an NAS can be. It doesn’t need to be complicated but you are right: he can just add a bunch of HDDs to his current PC and install the necessary server apps. But I doubt someone who doesn’t want to bother with an added NAS has a PC that can host a bunch of extra SATA drives.
I know what I’m doing, and I don’t want a NAS. I have a 4Tb M.2 as my boot & games drive, and 2x 14TB HDD for Media. I have Plex installed and it’s great.
Most people don’t need a NAS. Unless you’re running a full network setup like Linus, a NAS isn’t needed.
I can watch stuff on my PC, or I can cast to the living room TV, while the missus casts to the bedroom PC.
I’m not sure I understand what that means but yes, a NAS is not indispensable, but it’s a great convenience. Pre-NAS that’s how I rolled until I didn’t want to have to run my full-powered gaming PC all the time.
It’s not really a convenience if you’ve never set one up, not technically minded, and are just after some media storage.
You’ll be telling him to install some Linux distro next.
No no, I can read the audience. He can get a pre-built NAS from the likes of Synology or QNAS with a nifty simplified web interface. They are very low maintenance and there are detailed, step-by-step guides to turn them into streaming monsters.
Can you get better hardware for less money? If you go the DIY route without a doubt. But sometimes you want a box with a bunch of drives to store your movies and serve them without a hassle and you can buy that.
My only complaint is Synology skimps too much on the RAM.
If you have a computer, and it’s on the internet, you have NAS… Network Attached Storage… your computer is on the network, and it has storage, then it’s network attached storage. Everything else is just software controlling it all. FFS
Yes, you’re right, pedantic, but right. Thing is, we’ve been talking about having an “on-prem” NAS.
There’s really not any need to have a go at me, I’m just trying to help some dude who doesn’t want to spend an extra 300 quid on a NAS box, setup the software and have to play with raid.
As if any of that is more complicated than running your off the shelf Windows computer… at about the same cost… because, ultimately, they’re the same thing… an operating system, running one or more storage drives, plugged into a network. If that is too complex to wrap one’s mind around… well… shrugs
Does your TV have a USB port? You might literally be able to just download files to an external drive and go plug that into your TV.
Download Plex. It’s as simple as it gets.
NVIDIA Shield with USB drive, and the Shield supports running Plex. Hook the Shield up to your main TV, share its content anywhere else you need it using Plex. You can even torrent directly on the Shield.
Install Plex Radarr Sonarr and Jackett.
Select jackett as the indexer for both sonarr and Radarr.
Select your torrent program as the main torrent program for both radarr and sonarr.
Point the Plex library to whatever folder you selected to use on Radarr and Sonarr.
And that’s it.
One suggestion I might make is Prowlarr instead of Jackett. I found it to be a lot easier to work with but YMMV.
Also I usually suggest adding Overseerr to the stack. It hides everything away behind a super easy to use app.
Install & setup Jellyfin Install Qbittorrent
Download movies and series, put them in the folders that Jellyfin is monitoring.
Install Jellyfin on your phone and your TV or Streaming device.
Play.
After that, if you want more automation, do what others said: Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, Bazarr