7 things you can do with your old Windows 10 PC instead of trading it in
…It will come in handy if you do end up running Plex on it. Related How to turn an old PC into a NAS If you have an old PC still lying…
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Your home server needs Ethernet, but not for the reason you think
…or Plex stream buffers, you blame the network. To fix that, you run an Ethernet cable from your home server to the router (or a network switch , if you have one). Wiring…
I replaced 6 paid subscriptions with a homelab on an old laptop — here's the full stack
…It was running on my NAS, and I was paying around $5 per month for Plex Pass. I immediately replaced it with Jellyfin. I was amazed to see all the open-source…
I turned my old Android phone into an always-on Jellyfin player, and it beats every streaming stick I own
…TV box , and Plex officially supports it as a full Plex Media Server. The Shield runs the real server, not a stripped-down version, which makes it one of the few streaming…
I swapped Spotify for a Navidrome server, and my music finally feels like mine again
…I have a huge music library with years' worth of purchases sitting on my NAS, untouched. It's never been as convenient as using Spotify; that's what led me to Navidrome…
4 Jellyfin plugins that make it feel like a new platform
…paid for on platforms like Plex. Four, in particular, shifts Jellyfin from a functional media server into something that’s more polished. Related I thought I needed a NAS, then I used…
Jellyfin's core team just walked out, and I'm still not going back to Plex
…What it hasn't done is make me feel as though the server on my own network is gradually turning into somebody else's service. Plex keeps giving me reasons not to…
This useful app made my self-hosted music library work flawlessly in Android Auto
…It's what pushed me to set up tools like Jellyfin and Navidrome on my NAS. My entire collection sits right there and streams to any device that I want. The problem…
4 self-hosted alternatives to apps you're still paying for every month
…of the file on your drive). You'll want a dedicated storage solution, and if you don't want to pay for the hardware to set up a NAS or something similar…
I went back to Google TV after the Fire TV let me down, and I haven't looked back
…to unusually formatted media that Plex or Jellyfin might need to transcode. Clients on Google TV may also struggle playing certain media from a server or NAS. It's a straightforward, no…