Ive been wanting to make my own home media server for a bit now along with doing some other things, but how do i do it can i use any tech device as a media server, do i buy a bunch of dvds and digitize them. what exactly are the steps that need to be taken?
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Is great for getting the video files from the disc, read the documentation for drive compatibility though, especially for 4k bluray. Here is the doc page for emby, and Jellyfin. I think Jellyfin is a fork from Emby that stays 100% free/open
Note youll need a computer to be there server, and a client that is plugged in to the tv/smart tv app/apple tv box running the client. Accessing your server outside of your local network is another layer of complications. The server needs to transcode the video stream if you need to downscale it so that the network can handle it, or if the client can’t handle the format of the original video file, and that will dictact how fast a server you’ll need.