Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
by syntaxing on Sunday June 18, 2023 @06:03PM
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I actually think buying a first gen Mac Mini M1 is a better idea with a thunderbolt drive storage. I have friends in California that does this for the reasons you mentioned. The utility price has made homelab servers and 3D printing pretty much non viable unless you want to pay a $300+ electricity bill.
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Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
by ufish235 on Sunday June 18, 2023 @07:43PM
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Actually I do have an M1 Mac Mini - what's his setup? Maybe my problem is that MacOS doesn't feel as friendly for getting an entire homeland setup.
Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
by syntaxing on Sunday June 18, 2023 @08:59PM
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He runs Jellyfin straight up from the downloads page [1]. I'm not entirely sure if it runs on Rosetta but he hasn't had any issues with multiple streams. For storage you have a couple options but enabling file sharing on macos + a large drive of your choice is your best bet.
Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
by lostlogin on Monday June 19, 2023 @05:31AM
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It’ll run through docker surely? A nice docker compose media server is a beautiful thing to behold.
I use a Nuc but the Mac mini would be a great server (though costs a lot).
Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
by seanp2k2 on Monday June 19, 2023 @06:21PM
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If anyone wants to try this, be wary of transcode acceleration / HW passthru with Docker, esp on M1/M2. In general I’d love it if there was a GUI-less stripped-down MacOS Server edition instead of running the full-fat consumer OS as an always-on server.