Greetings, so I final got wife permission to buy a pi zero 2 and a beeline 12s pro (n100) arriving tomorrow. I already have a nas drive for my media.

Question is what is the average setup and guides for this?

Of course I will be scouring this and other communities for info but the immediate items I want to fix are my plex/jellyfin server, setup RetroArch or equivalent gaming, then of course arr servers. But I would like to also get into reverse proxy and searxng, next cloud and pihole.

Any tips on how to make this beautiful?

OS recommendations? I currently run manjaro on my daily, but would think a kubuntu or kde fedora/debian spin might be better for these items.

Guides you can point me to? Suggestions for more or better options? There are plenty of answers in this community and I will look at what’s posted but any assistance is appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

I’m excited to start plying with the simple things

  • AtariDump@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 hours ago

    Question is what is the average setup and guides for this?

    I don’t think there is an “average” setup because everyone’s hardware and needs are different.

    What are you trying to “fix” with Plex/Jellyifn?

    Will you still be using it your existing hardware? If so, what are the specs?

    OS all depends on what you’re doing; I would think for the beeline you’d run something without a GUI and utilize Docker or some sort of virtualization.

    • Siathes@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      21 hours ago

      By average I mean, lots of folks have niche needs, while mine currently are generic, so I’m wondering what’s not necessarily the best but most common.

      My plex/Emby server is currently on a qnap ts563 and does not handle transcoding well. Looking to improve that with the n100 and move away from emby to try jellyfin. I keep plex because it works and I share servers with friends, but I’m curious about jellyfin.

      My daily driver is not going to be part of the new setup. It’s and older frankenbuilt pc with manjaro. If anyone has interesting ideas for the nas besides holding my media please do.

      I think a docker system would be best but any suggestions that encompass all this would be great. If I’m being vague it’s because I’ve always just copy pasted and read guides. I’m not as knowledgeable as I’d like to be yet.

      • claymore@pawb.socialEnglish
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        2 hours ago

        I’ll echo the rest of the comments and say Debian with docker. I use podman myself but the setup should be similar enough. I used the official Jellyfin guide from their wiki and got everything working in a day, including transcoding.

      • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        4 hours ago

        The most generic simple setup IMO is a Debian minimal install with Docker, and use Komodo if you want a webUI to manage Docker stacks.

      • schizo@forum.uncomfortable.businessEnglish
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        21 hours ago

        If you share access with your media to anyone you’d consider even remotely non-technical, do not drop Jellyfin in their laps.

        The clients aren’t nearly as good as plex, they’re not as universally supported as plex, and the whole thing just has the needs-another-year-or-two-of-polish vibes.

        And before the pitchfork crowd shows up, I’m using Jellyfin exclusively, but I also don’t have people using it who can’t figure out why half the episodes in a tv season pick a different language, or why the subtitles are somtimes english, and sometimes german, or why some videos occasionally don’t have proper audio (l and r are swapped) and how to take care of all of those things.

        I’d also agree your thought that docker is the right approach to go: you don’t need docker swarm, or kubernetes, or whatever other nonsense for your personal plex install, unless you want to learn those technologies.

        Install a base debian via netinstall, install docker, install plex, done.