2024-08-13, 04:56 PM
This is exactly what I do. All media exists on the NAS and is accessible as read-only libraries to Jellyfin, any metadata exists within the Jellyfin docker files.
I've done this for years for a couple reasons:
- If I want to experiment with a different media system solution, all files can be made available to it as well. Prior to Jellyfin I had experimented with Plex and a couple of other pieces of software.
- Separating media to read-only access means that if any piece of software has a bug -- or there's a PEBKAC fault -- where it would say, delete an entire tree of media, well, it can't since that's all read-only. (Re)naming files, audio tags, etc. all can take place outside of a media software solution where I have a little more control and insight over things.
- TheDreadPirate's comments about efficiencies just makes me happier that I've done it this way!
I can always take backups of Jellyfin for safety's sake (and do). Media backups then can be managed separately. And, it is interesting to watch how different software packages manage the same set of files, insofar as how robust their own tagging/metadata handling goes, etc. Jellyfin, in my own opinion, is at least as good as any of the others I've tried, it's free, and it is under active development!
I've done this for years for a couple reasons:
- If I want to experiment with a different media system solution, all files can be made available to it as well. Prior to Jellyfin I had experimented with Plex and a couple of other pieces of software.
- Separating media to read-only access means that if any piece of software has a bug -- or there's a PEBKAC fault -- where it would say, delete an entire tree of media, well, it can't since that's all read-only. (Re)naming files, audio tags, etc. all can take place outside of a media software solution where I have a little more control and insight over things.
- TheDreadPirate's comments about efficiencies just makes me happier that I've done it this way!
I can always take backups of Jellyfin for safety's sake (and do). Media backups then can be managed separately. And, it is interesting to watch how different software packages manage the same set of files, insofar as how robust their own tagging/metadata handling goes, etc. Jellyfin, in my own opinion, is at least as good as any of the others I've tried, it's free, and it is under active development!