2024-05-12, 04:28 AM
(2024-05-10, 10:47 PM)TheDreadPirate Wrote: As long as you use the NAS as just a NAS, they're all about the same. We strongly recommend you do not run Jellyfin on a NAS. The hardware is underpowered, the hardware is not upgradable, and the software is restricting and tends to lag a bit too far behind (the version of the Linux kernel they use, specifically).
NASes, in general, are only really necessary if you have a bunch of servers accessing data stored in the same place. A computer with a bunch of hard drives is just fine (this is what I do) if Jellyfin is the only thing you have running.
Depending on where you live, surplus office PCs can be had for very cheap and are fairly capable as long as they have Intel 8th gen and newer CPUs.
This reply is very helpful actually. Just to be frank, I find networking very difficult to understand, hardware is much easier to me to comprehend. I dont think I understood and still dont really comprehend what a nas really is and how powerful a can be. So this really did make me rethink how I could do this.
Currently I have a raspberry pi with libreelec, running kodi of course. I have 2 thumb drives in the back of it that have all the media, and I prefer the media being local instead of streaming for the tv. The problem with the pi is that I really cant expand the storage with a 3.5" hdd, not without that being connected to external power, it just seems so messy. So I started to look more into mini pc's after your recommendation on an optiplex.
I found something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B41XLZJP/?co...dp_it&th=1
or this
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CY4ZM18N/?co...dp_it&th=1
The size in important to me actually. I have some spare parts for a pc, but even a mini itx case is a little bigger then I want. I was thinking by getting a mini pc, installing a 2.5" hdd inside, I could replace the pi entirely and have a machine to stream jellyfin.
My idea is that I would just leave Kodi open at all times, just like on my pi currently, but in the backround, jelly fin could also run. Is this feasiable? I feel like I'm more on the right track here, this seems like it would suit my needs more then a nas.
Would there be any issue with the video directory being the same for both Kodi and Jellyfin?
Any recommendations for a mini pc with expandable storage? I feel like I'm on to something here, but want to be really sure before I purchase something.
I did install Jellyfin on a laptop I have, with a ryzen 5 4000 series cpu and gtx 1650, its actually really nice, and my wife seems to be enjoying it for streaming to her devices, so thats a plus. Any recommendations are very welcome.