I have no idea how I missed that, but my #Plex was transcoding streams on the CPU, even though I was sure all streams were hardware-transcoded.

I was just wondering why the CPU fan speed was skyrocketing...

Turns out I forgot to pass through the GPU to the #Proxmox #LXC with Plex.

Now my server is processing transcoded streams much more quietly.

#homelab #mediaserver

About three years ago, I decided to make my own home media server. This meant buying tons of physical DVDs so I owned them, and ripping them so I had them available on my Jellyfin (media) server.

The most difficult part of the process for me is ripping TV shows. It requires a lot of time and attention to figuring out episodes are which since they're often in random order on the disc.

This week I started using an AI agent to do that work, and the results have been pretty great!

Now I'm able to rip episodes more quickly and easily- essentially as fast as my computer can pull the media down from the DVD drive.

It's a "small change" that has helped me rip 3 compete series box sets in a week!

#jellyfin #MediaServer #SelfHosted

Домашний NAS своими руками из подножного корма быстро и за 0 рублей (нет)

С момента моего погружения в мир Linux, я периодически приходил к мысли о том, что было бы неплохо прикупить домашний сервер, так как штука это очень полезная. Так как квартира небольшая и стационарного ПК дома нет (только ноутбуки, мой и жены), то конечно хотелось бы какое-то компактное решение. Однако периоды таких размышлений ограничивались только размышлениями и не приводили к целенаправленной деятельности, но до определенной череды событий... Тык

https://habr.com/ru/articles/992704/

#сервер #домашний_сервер #nas #server #mediaserver #jellyfin #samba #fileserver

Nagyszerű!

A #Sonarr és a #Radarr tökéletesen üzemel a szerveren, #Pangolin #gw-n keresztül, auth-al, #qBittorrent bekötve, #JellyFin pedig szintén.

Csodás ez a #homelab dolog!

#magyar #hungarian #geeg #geeglife #szerver #server #srv #mediaserver #arr

Anyone on here have recommendations for private trackers? I'm running a Sonarr/Radarr/Lidarr stack and finding public indexers hit or miss for older/niche content. Open to interview-based ones too.

#homelab #selfhosted #arr #privatetracker #mediaserver

Most media servers use SQLite. It is fine for small libraries, but the single writer lock starts to sting at scale.

Norri uses PostgreSQL for concurrent access, full text search, and proper indexing. Faster lookups, smoother UI, and stable performance with big libraries.

Full write up: https://blog.norri.tv/postgresql-over-sqlite/

#selfhosted #mediaserver #postgresql #homelab

This is probably the first, last, and only time I’ll ever mention the former “Bad Boy” of “Pop”.

A common motif scattered around the Academy campus is the visage of Robbie Williams. Site-based stage innovators TAIT have built scenery for his prior productions, with the larger than life result donated afterwards to make an effective fire assembly point. In wintry weather I observe it’s not the first time he’s had snow on his nose.

On a smaller scale, a 3D-fabricated sculpture of his face provided a challenging projection mapped surface as my Visuals module heads toward end-of-term assessment. Indulging a desire to integrate facial projection into future projects, this was the ideal static subject to try things out over a few hours of experimental studio time.

Despite any knowledge of his career purely culled by cultural osmosis (really!), I was able to piece together a collage of clips to represent the journey. With a simian base layer invoking the Better Man biopic, I swiftly incorporated his more recent cartoon appearance on a certain cat food commercial. Going back to the KISS-inspired makeup from “Let Me Entertain You”, the montage was topped off with the skin-stripping coda to the “Rock DJ” video. Looping that segment through the projector’s tinny speaker was sufficient to get everyone’s toes tapping – whether they wanted to or not.

Sourcing the elements in short notice was a challenge within itself, necessitating some quick thinking across many resources and creating new ones on the fly. But for a dabble it did the job nicely – despite a few imperfect keystone masks and off-centre aspects.

Although my studies and assessment focus on mastering Green Hippo media servers, I took the opportunity to try something different. Cracking open the case for the first time on our prized Troikatronix Isadora server, I soon found myself a quick learner.

Green Hippo has a warm, organic user interface that sometimes seems counter-intuitive despite its obvious power. Isadora presents a more familiar building-block style of boxes and properties, allowing links to be dragged between outputs and inputs to visualise how everything is hooked up.

My familiarity with node-based workflows such as DaVinci Resolve Fusion, combined with my coding background, made getting to grips with Isadora a cinch. Although I can understand how the blank starting screen can seem intimidating to non-techies.

Although there are likely far more efficient ways to structure my little throw-together, I was able to coax the effect I wanted by combining smaller known sub-processes. This combination of nodes and lines offered mathematical means to make it work where I may have floundered with an artier interface…

… so I guess I’m loving angles instead.

Plex Pass lifetime: $120. Annual: $40/yr.
Jellyfin: $0. Forever. No account required, no telemetry, no ads for your own media.

Same hardware transcoding support. Same client apps (mostly). Your media library, your rules.

#selfhosted #jellyfin #plex #mediaserver #foss #opensource #homelab

Jellyfin vs Plex in 2026:

Jellyfin:
✅ Truly free — no premium tier
✅ No account required
✅ Hardware transcoding included
✅ Active open-source development

Plex:
✅ Better app ecosystem (smart TVs, consoles)
✅ Plex Discover for unified search
❌ Requires Plex account for everything
❌ Plex Pass ($5/mo) for some features

For self-hosters who value freedom: Jellyfin. For app ecosystem: Plex.

#selfhosted #jellyfin #plex #mediaserver #homelab #foss #opensource #linux #docker