Comment on Self-hosted media server to share with 5+ people?
neatobuilds@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I use plex mainly but run jellyfin alongside it for people that watch on mobile.
I started with my old desktop that had an Intel cpu with quicksync and put unraid on it, i started with 2tb disk and gradually switched over to 14tb drives now I’m at 100tb
I have several famy friends coworkers using it now, at first no one was really interested but as streaming prices went up and content got more dispersed people started jumping on board.
Now multiple friends setup their own servers so its really good coverage especially if I need to take mine down for maintenance the wife can keep watching stuff from other people’s servers.
Things you need to find out is if you are behind a cgnat or other isp issues
sixty@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Do you charge them for it? I talked to my friend about it and he was willing to pay me for mine, even though I offered it for free.
Because of electricity use, hardware, time spent setting up/maintaining, the risk involved for me, his access to unlimited infinite media.
neatobuilds@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
No i don’t but some of them send me money every once in a while just because they use plexripper to download from my server to theirs, I’m going to be running the server anyways so people using it feels better than it sitting idle