Tag: plex
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Containerizing Plex
Lately I have gotten more and more into containerization. I find myself spinning anything and everything I choose to put on my personal LAN in a Docker container. I even moved Plex from my long time trusty Snap package (be nice) to a containerized setup. I got tired of having to reconfigure all of the…
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Hosting Your Own Media Server with Plex
By popular demand, we are going over the oh-so-simple tutorial of how to set up your very own Plex Media Server. First question you might have: “What items will I need?” Well all you will need for this project is an inexpensive, dedicated computer running Linux that can remain on to host your Plex Server…
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Virtual Private Servers and Their Uses
In previous posts, we covered the utility of running a Server Operating system over a Graphical Operating System in your home network. There are pros and cons of running this type of Operating System. In my opinion, if Server reliability is what you are looking for, running a Server OS is a must. (Ideally on…
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Digitizing Your Movies with VLC on Linux
Anyone who knows me, knows that I am huge on Self-hosting. Give me four minutes and I’ll probably mention my Plex server. Twice. Organizing and hosting my own data is something I’m proud of and something I really enjoy. All that being said, it doesn’t take years of experience to self-host your own media server.…
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Why Should I Self-Host?
Picture this. You are a big fan of food. You absolutely love it. All kinds. A connoisseur one might say. One of your favorite foods of ALL TIME are Paninis. You love them. Cant get enough of quality paninis. Alright, stay with me. One day, you are going along your merry way and find this…
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