My 2tb jellyfin server with a disney collection go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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I miss the days I only needed 2 tb
- I've had to start trimming things, but I can't get rid of hard-to-finds. It's mostly new shows, I'll only keep recent seasons.
  I can't lose shows like Captain Star or Duckman, but I probably don't need every season of Westworld.
  
  I hope you're seeding those hard to finds!
- For me, that would have been over 15 years ago. Even my NAS from 2014 was pushing 16T or so.
  
  Yeah, I'm at 28T and I'm eying some 18T drives for an expansion unit.

Jellyfin? What is that, some computer based television network you populate and schedule yourself? Because I totally would want that. That would rule.
- It's a FOSS alternative to Plex, if you're familiar with that. Less like a tv channel, more like a streaming service you populate yourself.
  
  more like a streaming service you populate yourself.
  The most concise description of Plex/Jellyfin that I've seen
  
  As a long time Plex uset who loves the ease of use of Plex, is it for me? Also there probably aren't apps on that many devices? My main concern is Android TV and the Tizen thing by Samsung.
- Unsure if your asking seriously (if not, whooosh to me), but it’s an open source alternative to Plex.
  Plex is a media server that you run to host your TV shows and movies. Think of a self-hosted Netflix.
- What you're describing is something I've been on the lookout for, still looking!
  
  It was mentioned elsewhere, but ErsatzTV does exactly that. You can set up channels, build playouts, set schedules, and even do things like adding pre-rolls, fillers, commercials, and watermarks. Really neat project.
- Not sure about Jellyfin, but Plex has a related app ErsatzTV that might be exactly what you're looking for

didn't take me long to go from 2tb being a lot to 100tb being not enough.
- Jesus, I'm struggling to fill my 24TB already; I have no idea how I'd fill 100TB
  
  Just download all the porn of Youporn. I believe they hit the 100 TB threshold like a decade ago.

Maybe a dumb question, but how is this better than having your files on a nas? I have a nas and just play my media files from there on my tv and laptop. What do I get from having jellyfin?
- A slick interface with nice title cards and pictures, feels like your own personal streaming service with no drawback
  
  Kodi/XBMC has been providing that for like 20 years though...
  What jellyfin does provide that Kodi doesn't is on the fly transcoding for watching on mobile device and remote access. If you don't need that, Kodi might be a better choice providing a far wider array of features.
- NAS vs Jellyfin isn't really how to look at it. You still need to have the files stored somewhere, and Jellyfin can just access the files from wherever you store them. As others say, Jellyfin adds some convenience. Think of it like Netflix but for your local files. You can install an app on your phone, laptop, tablet, or just access Jellyfin's built in web interface on laptop/etc... It pulls down thumbnails and show information automatically, and you can set up different accounts/profiles to track show progress and favorites for multiple people.
- The files are still stored on a NAS.
  But, Jellyfin/Plex has the advantage you get a nice pretty "app" that works on your TV/Roku/AndroidTV/etc. It handles transcoding if needed, keeps track of what you have watched, and lets you know when new things pop up.
- It keeps track of which files you've played (e.g. to automatically pick the next episode in a series), it automatically downloads metadata and cover art so you have a nice browsing interface, it manages multiple profiles so that e.g. you can limit your kids' access to only G and TV-Y or filter out genres a user doesn't like, it lets you set parental controls to limit the amount of time watched in a day (or disable it at certain times of day), etc.
- Jellyfin and plex are basically just GUIs to make playing videos from your NAS feel like you're using a streaming service. They do a bunch more stuff, but in general that's what they're for.
  Like, you don't need a GUI for Linux, but it can certainly make the experience better.
- I use both plex and jellyfin and my files are on a nas. Previously truenas but now synology. I just mount my collection over smb to my Intel nuc with quick sync so that Plex/jellyfin can provide me and my friends a slick UI as well as transcoding (can store stuff in hevc, flac, 5.1 or 7.1 dts hd ma and not worry about codec support on each device), a nice web player with subtitles /audio track selection, and nice apps on every device to access the collection.
  But yeah NAS and jellyfin aren't mutually exclusive, many people use them together.
- Jellyfin/Plex/Emby turn your media collection into your own personal Netflix. They have apps for multiple platforms, you can setup user access controls, parental controls based off age ratings, track progress through shows and movies, search and organize based off genre and tags, and much more. Also, they can handle on the fly transcoding of the media, so if a device doesn't support a specific codec or container it can be converted into another, or if the user is on a poor Internet connection which can't handle a 4K video, it can downgrade the quality to make it easier to stream on the poor connection.
  Overall, they just provide a better experience when consuming media.
  
  Also, they're not exclusive. I have a nas with more space but essentially no ability to transcode media, so I've mounted that volume via NFS on a laptop I run jellyfin which gives me excellent transcoding and a very smooth experience.

When the time comes for them to watch, they have their own version of our favorites - remake or remastered, adaptations or whole different series.
Now the collection is for the dads' nostalgia.
- Have you seen the recent remakes of disney Films?
  Let's just say, they won't become timeless classics like the original animated movies.
  
  Fair enough.
  They also have their own classics e.g. Frozen
  Recently Coco and Elemental are also really great.
  
  Nostalgia is one helluva drug...
  
  idk, coco was pretty memorable
  Edit: my bad, you were talking about the remakes
- I am not against the collecting.
  I myself have a collection for my sons. But I couldn't introduce my favorites to them. The collection will be of value when they are exposed to the current ones and they want to backtrack.
  It is just my frustration written as comment to this post.
- The amount of Toy Story merch I see says otherwise
  
  I think toy stories span from 1995 to 2019 (over 2 decades). If someone born 1990, ther is a chance that his child could also share the same enthusiasm about the toy story.
  I was born in 80s and I was thinking about little mermaid, beauty and the beast, snow white, tom and Jerry, Hercules, etc.

Goes through hard drive with kid
"Everything the light touches, is our kingdom!"
- What about that encrypted from file named jdhshjxjjxjd
  
  kid, that file is off limits

It's really satisfying having someone to share your collection with. I moved in with my now-fiancée late last year and it's so fun watching it grow to suit us both. Currently still using Plex since there isn't a Jellyfin client for the Xbox One and we have yet to get a Shield or something else superior to it, and I don't feel like figuring out the networking side of things until we're at our next apartment.
- It’s really satisfying having someone to share your collection with. I moved in with my now-fiancée late last year and it’s so fun watching it grow to suit us both.
  Ditto. I started my Plex server about 11-12ish years ago for myself and my wife. Nowadays we're sharing 30TB to almost 20 of our combined friends and none of em pay for subscriptions anymore lmao.
  
  Yuuuuup, same. I do wonder though how much longer we’re gonna be able to get away with it though.. the sharing I mean. I know my wife and I can always have things here locally, but we’re definitely at the mercy of Plex eventually shutting down their sharing capabilities
- shux. Roku has a Jellyfin channel so I got lucky :)

How does one get a NAS without spending an arm and leg these days? I started pirating because I was broke, I don't have triple digits to spend on hardware.
- How does one get a NAS without spending an arm and leg these days? I started pirating because I was broke, I don’t have triple digits to spend on hardware.
  An old PC with a bunch of hard drives (they shouldn't be NAS drives necessarily) + TrueNas. The main cost will be the hard drives which is about 20$/TB
  
  $20/TB is a bad deal.
  You can get WD Red Pro’s on sale twice a year for $16/TB.
  Further you can order unused data center and enterprise drives for anything from $11-$16/TB and those things are built to take way more use and abuse than home users can throw at them.
  I would not pay above $17/TB for traditional magnetic spinning disk storage.
- You can even start with an old laptop and external drives. Plenty of people shuck them anyway, so you're not exactly overpaying. They'll just be a bit slow. But if you're mostly planning on streaming video that doesn't matter too much.
  If you do have a little to spend, you can do a 'naskiller' build. Just search for it and pick one. Basically some people put together lists of cheap, reliable used hardware you can get to build a pretty great nas, with different flavors. 'Quiet' 'fast' 'compact'. I built one and went all out. I think it was about 600 bucks without the drives. Build up from there.
- I use a mini-PC and as many of these drive stations as needed: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WR9N3KW I started with HDD's but SSD's work much better with those stations. Bonus: Those guys can clone drives without a computer or anything.
- Look up zima board. That's what I use for now.

I have a small 1tb collection ..love jellyfin and it's UI but I miss kodi when it comes to scrapping metadata and playing all formats ...I use jellyfin mostly because of its ui and because my crappy TV can't handle kodi very well
- Why not use the best of both worlds? https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/clients/kodi/
  I use Kodi on my HTPC and the Jellyfin client on my phone and PC.
  
  Yeah I tried one of them but either way I'd have to follow the jellyfin standards to name the files and have to use kodi to run them ...the best way for me would be having kodi to scrape the library no matter how messy it is ...and jellyfin would just play it because my TV is garbage and crashes on kodi

I just ordered another 12TB for my NAS

There's a large possibility that your kids will be apathetic towards the media that you watch now. When's the last time you listened to a song or watched tv from the 50?
(I can hear you typing right now; yes, I myself even watch the Adams Family and listen to psychedelic rock every now and again, but that's not typical.)