/silicon/ - technology

Well, I know of Plex that can make a server out of my PC and allow me to connect my tablet to it. Is there a free as in freedom alternative?

>>2444
I've never used it but I'm pretty sure Jellyfin is what you're looking for
https://jellyfin.org/

i use this USB memory stick to transfer files betweeen computers it's like a floppy disk except it stores a lot more data

>>2445
It worked like a charm! And was much faster to setup than Plex. Amazing. Thank you!

>>2446
l33t h4x0r :0

The spirit of juche is a strong motivation. You need buy in of most of the household for a media server, it needs updated and maintained. I run immich and a comics server. Check out awesome-selfhosted on GitHub for stuff that's ready made for self maintenance

>>2447
No problem sushi, glad to help :D

>>2446
I do this, but using my phone. All my devices are logged into Discord, so I can just send any files to my alt account and then download it from the text history from the other device.

>>2443
>How do you make your devices more connected?
WireGuard, ssh, Jellyfin.
>How would you make it,
https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/installation/
>how does the usual use case look like?
the usual pattern is to buy a seedbox and run Jellyfin on it such that you can torrent a movie and directly stream from it.
>Do you have any uncommon devices or cool software to support your work, gaming or anime consumption?
I'm not sure about uncommon but I use a Steam Deck as a Jellyfin receiver, aside from it's regular duties.
>>2446
I always forget just how fast USB storage is.
>>2450
are you not concerned about your privacy?

I had an HTPC with Plex in like 2014 and used it to watch anime from my couch. It was kind of a pain in the butt to get it displaying things right sometimes though, especially when it came to automatically getting thumbnails and titles.

>How do you make your devices more connected?
Having my internet experience one way or another be completely contained in one or two server computers.

>How do you make your devices more connected?
Tailscale is really nice for setting up a private vpn network between your devices using wireguard https://tailscale.com/. There is also headscale if you really want to be privacy minded https://headscale.net/stable/. They have clients for all desktop operating systems, android, ios, most TVs and docker sidecar containers so everything can be on your private network.

I use pi-hole to make my internet comfy. Other than jellyfin I also like Navidrome for music and Freshrss to subscribe to youtube channels and blogs. Gitea is nice if you are into programming and want a place to store your code.