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Self-hosted media server goodness (Friends)
May 17, 2024 · 1 hr 43 min · 99.4 MB
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Alex Kretzschmar joins Adam to discuss their experiences with building the “perfect media server” and all the hardware and software involved to make it happen — LinuxServer.io, PerfectMediaServer.com, Plex, Jellyfin, ZFS, mergerfs, TrueNAS, Docker Compose and so much more in this episode.
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Featuring:
- Alex Kretzschmar – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
- Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
- blog.ktz.me
- linuxserver.io
- perfectmediaserver.com
- ZFS is resource efficient.
- selfhosted.show
- The Best Media Server CPU… in the world.
- A Cheap No-Frills OPNsense box
- mergerfs
- The beginning of linuxserver.io
- jimsalterjrs/sanoid
- Jellyfin
- Plex
- Restic
- Auto-Restic
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selfhosted.showThe Best Media Server CPU… in the world.
blog.ktz.meA Cheap No-Frills OPNsense box
blog.ktz.memergerfs
perfectmediaserver.comThe beginning of linuxserver.io
linuxserver.iojimsalterjrs/sanoid
github.comJellyfin
jellyfin.orgPlex
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- 0:00Let's talk!
- 0:41Sponsor: Sentry
- 3:55Start the show!
- 7:07What has Alex done?
- 11:01Alex started linuxserver.io
- 16:50mergerfs vs ZFS
- 22:26What exact is mergerfs?
- 30:26Sponsor: Coda
- 32:07Synology wasn't good enough
- 33:46OWC Thunderbay with Softraid
- 38:28Gotta mention Tailscale
- 52:28Let's talk blog.ktz.me
- 55:22Do you optimize for power efficiency?
- 1:01:47Sponsor: Tailscale
- 1:04:55Plex vs Jellfin
- 1:11:14Despite Cory Doctorow's angst with Audible
- 1:14:00Adam's Audible list
- 1:24:29HD or DVD purist?
- 1:27:10Adam's Home Theatre
- 1:33:35Umm, cars?
- 1:34:39Wrapping up (kinda)
- 1:35:18Will I see you at ATO?
- 1:39:46Bye friends!