portable jellyfin stack

Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨darkknight@discuss.online⁩ to ⁨selfhosted@lemmy.world⁩

I’ll be vacationing for a month and want to setup a portable jellyfin server/stack. I’m not sure how good the internet will be, website says 300 mbps, but I won’t know until I’m there, so not sure remote playback is an option. I already have a n100 minipc I bought for a backup firewall, so I’d just need to buy RAM for it.

Here’s what I’m thinking would be the easiest setup for this: travel router to vpn to internet jellyfin server nas os (will probably be truenas/omv, haven’t settled on that yet) using external hard drive (I have a 5tb hdd that’s just sitting around)

to get media on nas, docker containers on nas OS: radarr sonarr sabnzbd

Is there an easier way to get media on the nas, or better options (or anything I’m overlooking) for any of it for those that have done a portable/offiline media server? Thanks in advance!

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catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
What are you planning on playing it on? Hotel TVs are often locked to their cable boxes, or have the TVs in frames. I’d probably just use a laptop.

Or do vacation things. I can watch TV at home.

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- darkknight@discuss.online ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I’ll be taking an android tv box with me, so the tv lockdown is a concern. I’ll be taking my laptop w me in case I need it. I considered just installing jellyfin on that too.
  
  i understand the ‘do vacation things’, i like to watch tv while i fall asleep, so there’s that.
  
  Some good things to think about here.
  
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ohshit604@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Why not just host the stack at home and VPN in?

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- darkknight@discuss.online ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  That is plan A, I have had buffering issues doing this at various hotels though. This is more of a plan b setup. That probably wasn’t clear.
  
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Sibyls@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I download all my content to my laptop/phone and then just run a server from there, either using jellyfin, vlc, or a casting software to my firestick.

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- River_Tahm@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Do you even need to run the server locally? I’m still working on transitioning to Jellyfin but Plex would let you download media to watch offline. Just natively in the app, no need to install the server on the vacation device.
  
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  - Sibyls@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Good point. I have used the Fladder app to download content!
    
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- darkknight@discuss.online ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I had considered that as well. I’m just thinking out loud.
  
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zenpocalypse@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Love your edit. Sounds like me, lol.

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jawsua@lemmy.one ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I feel like some sort of duplication is the best way to go. Like, have a full stack at home, and have a small mini PC full of NVME that mirrors just the storage you want, and keep the local jellyfin stack up to date otherwise with like docker and watchtower. Then you can unplug and take it with you when you leave, no muss no fuss.

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