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Cake day: August 5th, 2023
  • Top comment, really. Comprehensive and accurate

    +1 for Jellyfin, all the features of Plex (that matter to me), none of the subscription costs.

    I installed Jellyfin on my parent’s and sibling’s TVs and use direct play. I don’t get anything above 1080, lowest common denominator and all that. I set up kid’s shows and movies in separate folders and set up an account for my nieces and nephews, so my siblings can let them watch shows unmonitored without worrying what they’ll find. (I don’t trust the show ratings to work correctly) Meanwhile we can watch stuff like The Bear without the kids learning all of the Swears

    Also i picked up a 16TB hdd for $250 a couple years ago so there’s that

  • Ya it’s in the name. Google is synonymous with tracking and lack of privacy. Just another bit we give up to live in the most advanced and free country in the civilized world, governed by it’s its citizens and not a conglomerate of corporate overlords selling our minds by inches.

    Yup.