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agame Nov 4, 2023

How to begin setting up a media center?

How to begin setting up a media center? - lemm.ee

I have 16TB NAS dedicated to storing TV shows. It is just a cabinet with ryzen 2600 and no graphics card. I have installed openmediavault in it to access it via smb to other devices. I am an absolute noob in setting up a server. Please tell me how I should go on about turning it into a media consumption machine. P. S: I usually use VLC on android and MPV on linux to consume the media.

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oNevia Nov 4, 2023

Jellyfin or Plex are great front ends that can help organize all your media.

I personally use Plex, but have heard Jellyfin is comparable 😀

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meseek #2982 Nov 4, 2023

Plex is way harder to set up. Their UX is a mess and hasn’t changed in 20 years. All carried over from its chaotic days as an open source project.

Jellyfin can be challenging at times, but it’s a much more modern take on the premise, as mirrored by its UX.

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oNevia Nov 4, 2023

I might look more into Jellyfin and see what I think because I am pretty bored of the outdated feel of Plex lately. Is casting supported well with Jellyfin? I like being able to cast my media to my TVs and smart speakers which is relatively easy with Plex. Once it’s set up of course.

Yeah it does it all

Wow, that user interface looks a lot like home assistant. I wonder if they use the same framework.