I am looking to basically just transition to a small time, forever on, server to support my growing Plex footprint. I don’t need anything top of the line, and I’ve already crimped my lines to the room.

What’s the most cost effective way to go about this? Figured i would come to the pros.

Thanks!

  • ShredderFeeder@shredderfood.netEnglish
    62·
    1 day ago

    I tried to move to Jellyfin…but it wasn’t capable of scanning my library… either too big or too many different video types…but it has never been able to complete.

    Quick google search says this is a known issue, so I abandoned it.

    • the_artic_one@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      5 hours ago

      Jellyfin 12 supposedly fixed or at least improved the performance issues when scanning large libraries so might be worth another try.

      • ShredderFeeder@shredderfood.netEnglish
        4·
        1 day ago

        Um… Refuse to answer that question on the grounds that it may incriminate me… ;-)

        Seriously though, I think when you add movies and TV shows together, close to 70TB? (All with disc backups of course)

        The introduction of UHD has caused the libraries to explode in size…

        • unitedwithme@lemmy.todayEnglish
          3·
          22 hours ago

          I’m at close to 150TB, with a lot of my movies being 30GB+. Most are DVDs at full uncompressed, and BD rips in h.265. I’ve also still got my LG BD-ROM that I’ve ripped all my UHD discs on, and those are often over 40GB.

          Maybe there was an incompatibility or glitch last time. I’d try it again just in case! Could be a software bug, too. I’ve got an Intel 12900HX in my server. I know AMD are sometimes not as compatible.

          • ShredderFeeder@shredderfood.netEnglish
            2·
            20 hours ago

            yeah, I was running in a container with an RTX3050 backing it for transcoding, but it never really got to that point… I’ve debated a dedicated plex server, using NFS to pull from my TrueNAS… but I already have 5 servers running in my environment…my electric bill isn’t very friendly… ;-)

            This was only a couple of months ago… I’ll try it again at some point…but I bought the Plex Pass back when it was like $49 for life… so I’m not hurting for anything. ;-)

            • unitedwithme@lemmy.todayEnglish
              2·
              16 hours ago

              Same! Plex pass <100. I’m on a 12900HX now which does well for all h.265 content. The difference is I’m bare metal vs Docker or VM. I’ve got 3 micro PCs all running various things, a couple pis, etc. I like virtualization, but I like separating stuff out to not over utilize, nor worry about 1 system crash taking it all down.

        • left_is_best@feddit.onlineEnglish
          4·
          1 day ago

          Maybe try adding the files in 10 TB batches or something. My library is approaching that size, and no issues here. Could be tripping up on a specific file or something. I know Jellyfin can be a little particular about folder hierarchy and naming conventions, too.

            • left_is_best@feddit.onlineEnglish
              2·
              2 hours ago

              I’m using a prebuilt docker container that I assume must have come with all the appropriate codecs lined up. If you spun up your own container or installed it directly on your host OS, you may be missing some, I suppose. Without seeing the logs I couldn’t tell you more (not that I’m some kind of self-hosting master, myself), but that seems like a pretty good lead.

    • mjr@infosec.pubEnglish
      5·
      1 day ago

      Google gets tons of stuff wrong now it has AI. Did you confirm it was a known issue listed on the Jellyfin support site?