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  • Despite being simpler and cheaper, that does have its drawbacks. For example, you can’t transcode the stream if you have a slow connection. Also, good luck watching old movies with that. Some I downloaded recently took like half a day to download.











  • Dude, my “infrastructure” is an old desktop pc with truenas and arr stack + jellyfin apps. I haven’t done anything more than update the apps every now and then for over a year. I think you’re exaggerating how much effort it actually requires. Not to mention that this is all for a setup that manages requesting, downloading and sorting the media as well.

    If you just want to view what you already have, you can simply install jellyfin server in the pc where your videos are, point the libraries to the correct folder and that’s it. To use it simply download the app on your device. If you want to get fancy you can install a plugin to use as the subtitle provider. To use outside your house just install tailscale. Doing all of that would take like 2 hours, tops.

    Oh and there’s nothing to secure if you don’t expose it to the internet directly.

    If you want to be lazy and pay a subscription, go ahead. I don’t think it’s worth what they’re asking.