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.

  • meseek #2982@lemmy.caEnglish
    625·
    11 months ago

    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.

    • oNevia@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      I might look more into Jellyfin and see what I think because I am pretty bored of the outdated feel of Plex lately.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.

    • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
      31·
      11 months ago

      Hard? I did it really easily a few years ago. The hard part is naming everything correctly, not setting it up.

      With Plex it also sets up remote access automatically which I don’t believe Jellyfin does.

    • elscallr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      11 months ago

      Plex setup is literally just installing it on a machine. It took me an hour because I decided to move it to a different machine after I set it up.

    • MaggiWuerze@feddit.deEnglish
      11·
      11 months ago

      Lol, plex and hard to set up… Starting a docker container really is hard. And Jellyfin and a modern UI? Jellyfin where setting up HW decoding basically takes a degree? Come on man… Really?

      Plex has a way better interface, especially on the client side