Self-hosted media server goodness (Friends)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Alex Kretzschmar joins Adam to discuss their experiences with building the “perfect media server” and all the hardware and software involved to make it happen — LinuxServer.io, PerfectMediaServer.com, Plex, Jellyfin, ZFS, mergerfs, TrueNAS, Docker Compose and so much more in this episode.

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Featuring:

• Alex Kretzschmar – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Adam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website

Show Notes:

• blog.ktz.me
• linuxserver.io
• perfectmediaserver.com
• ZFS is resource efficient.
• selfhosted.show
• The Best Media Server CPU… in the world.
• A Cheap No-Frills OPNsense box
• mergerfs
• The beginning of linuxserver.io
• jimsalterjrs/sanoid
• Jellyfin
• Plex
• Restic
• Auto-Restic

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Chapters

1. Let's talk! (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Sentry (00:00:41)

https://sentry.io/

3. Start the show! (00:03:55)

4. What has Alex done? (00:07:07)

5. Alex started linuxserver.io (00:11:01)

6. mergerfs vs ZFS (00:16:50)

7. What exact is mergerfs? (00:22:26)

8. Sponsor: Coda (00:30:26)

https://coda.io/changelog

9. Synology wasn't good enough (00:32:07)

10. OWC Thunderbay with Softraid (00:33:46)

11. Gotta mention Tailscale (00:38:28)

12. Let's talk blog.ktz.me (00:52:28)

13. Do you optimize for power efficiency? (00:55:22)

14. Sponsor: Tailscale (01:01:47)

https://changelog.com/tailscale

15. Plex vs Jellfin (01:04:55)

16. Despite Cory Doctorow's angst with Audible (01:11:14)

17. Adam's Audible list (01:14:00)

18. HD or DVD purist? (01:24:29)

19. Adam's Home Theatre (01:27:10)

20. Umm, cars? (01:33:35)

21. Wrapping up (kinda) (01:34:39)

22. Will I see you at ATO? (01:35:18)

23. Bye friends! (01:39:46)