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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by fahad@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

I am setting up my NAS right now, and I need some suggestions for apps that I can run on my NAS or self-host.

  • I have seen some online articles, but they are too confusing because they list too many apps for each category.

  • I want backup apps for iOS, Android, Mac and Windows. (It would be great if they could back up automatically).

  • I want to sync my calendars and contacts.

  • I want to download media like TV shows and movies. (And music, too). “Of course, only legal obtained from the internet cough.”

  • I want apps that let me access my data from anywhere.

  • I saw this cool thing where you could use a Raspberry Pi to access your NAS bios from your PC.

Os - Unraid

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[-] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Jellyfin for streaming (Opensource, 100% free, and much better than Plex).

*Better for your wallet and the privacy, not better in any functional way.

[-] Owljfien@iusearchlinux.fyi 5 points 10 months ago

Plex gotten around to av1 transcoding yet?

[-] erre@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

I think it depends on your clients. If you're using Roku, you can skip Jellyfin..sadly.

[-] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

And Android TV, it's gotten better, but generally still sucks.

I use Jellyfin because it's FOSS, private, and it's also written in a tech stack I'm very familiar with.not because it's better than flex, because it really isn't.

[-] PlantObserver@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

I've used both extensively and stand by my statement, from a functional standpoint as well.

[-] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

That’s a bold opinion given its barebones UI, widespread playback issues, and lack of basic functionality like a proper intro skip. Like even Emby is miles ahead of Jellyfin. Which isn’t surprising given JF is free but let’s be real lol

[-] PlantObserver@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Clearly just upset you got conned into paying hundreds for an inferior product

[-] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

No I would love to switch to Jellyfin. I ditched Plex after some of their more recent shenanigans but Jellyfin is just so vastly inferior on almost every front that it’s difficult to even compare the two. For now I’m using Emby which is another fork of the same project Jellyfin is and it’s a lot closer to feature parity with Plex. And I’ll gladly pay money for a quality product over settling for a free product that doesn’t really get the job done.

I just hope that one day Jellyfin reaches a maturity that it’s actually worth switching to.

this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2023
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