My latest project was turning my old Windows 10 machine upstairs into a #SelfHosting workstation.

[scottstarkey@hoosier.social]

My latest project was turning my old Windows 10 machine upstairs into a #SelfHosting workstation. I slapped a big hard drive in it, and reformatted with #Kubuntu #Linux.

I've converted many of my DVD collection into a @jellyfin server. (Only stuff I OWN + public domain content, and only viewable inside the house.) I also just put on #NextCoud and it was pretty easy. Now I essentially have cloud storage from anyplace.

It's amazing! And... it just works. Why didn't I do this before???

[wwberrutti@ohai.social]

@ScottStarkey @jellyfin Self-hosting is awesome! I personally enjoy every moment of it (even if it's not working as expected haha)!

[scottstarkey@hoosier.social]

I want to thank a few people for inspiration: @_elena, @dragondaddy, @thekitmalone, and a few others I'm sure.

This opened up a world of possibilities for me. Also, I know there will be a lot of perfectly good "old" 5-year-old computers going to salvage because of the Windows decommissioning of v10.

Each step was definitely a "weekend project" but each step also adds amazing functionality. So worth it.

If you're thinking of taking the plunge, ask me anything. I'd be happy to help!

[scottstarkey@hoosier.social]

@wwberrutti @jellyfin

Yeah - I found that reading Jellyfin's excellent online documentation was very eye opening. That was about step 10 after installing Jellyfin, after wondering why Jellyfin wasn't doing what I expected. It has very strict naming requirements which adds functionality and information to each item.

It's an amazing piece of software. Kudos to the team.

[scottstarkey@hoosier.social]

@wwberrutti @jellyfin

One aha moment was dumping my Lord of the Rings DVDs to my hard drive, which is spread across two disks.

Naming the files "Fellowship of the Ring part_1.mkv" and "Fellowship of the Ring part_2.mkv" just flows one part to the next seamlessly. It's just magic! 🧙

[wwberrutti@ohai.social]

@ScottStarkey @jellyfin Oooh! That's pretty cool!

[brotherpsyche@mastodon.social]

@ScottStarkey @jellyfin now use tailscale to to easily access your cloud and tools from anywhere

[naptowncode@mastodon.online]

@ScottStarkey @jellyfin Jellyfin is nothing less than a triumph. I used a decade-old Asus CN60 Chromebox and it works great for streaming all my TV show collections without juggling DVDs. All the convenience of streaming plus the autonomy of ownership.

[scottstarkey@hoosier.social]

@brotherpsyche @jellyfin

I will have to look into #tailscale. So far I've used #Cloudflare Zero Trust for my #NextCloud server. It's the "easy button".

However, I've read a little about Cloudflare's support of things that I don't really like. Also, streaming videos is against their terms of service. So, I'd like an alternate solution.

[krissykat@hoosier.social]

@ScottStarkey @jellyfin

That sounds like a fun project!

[brotherpsyche@mastodon.social]

@ScottStarkey @jellyfin except a handful of public things - tailscale always works...we access everything from joplin, our game servers, ollama, jellyfin...over tailscale

[thekitmalone@hoosier.social]

@ScottStarkey @_elena @dragondaddy This is rad! Everytime someone starts hosting their own services an angel gets their wings!

[scottstarkey@hoosier.social]

@thekitmalone @_elena @dragondaddy

🤣 👼

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@ScottStarkey congratulations Scott!!!

Wishing you all the best in your self-hosting experimentations :)

@dragondaddy @thekitmalone