hello,
I’m interested in setting up a jellyfin server that will only serve streams to TVs on my LAN. Files will be on an existing NAS. Usage will be low (probably just one stream at a time); cheap and reliable is the name of the game, and cheap includes power consumption. I am thinking of some kind of NUC but don’t know enough about jellyfin yet to decide on specs. Any recommendations for a specific NUC model or CPU/GPU? I assume I will be running linux - any distro recommendations?
I’m using a hp thin client, I got refurbished for 30 bucks of of eBay. Basically any thin client should be more than enough and they don’t draw much power. The question is how many streams are you looking to facilitate simultaneously and at what resolution. Even a raspberry pi should be enough if you are only looking to stream one video at 1080p but it will struggle at two (and if you don’t enable any hardware transcoding, you don’t stand any chance). If you need more than that, you’ll need something beefier
Does Jellyfin accept separate NAS well? If so, I’m about to buy one of those. And thanks for the suggestion!
Edit: or would it be best to just strap the hard drives to the thin client externally?
I have my media on hard drives strapped to the thin client externally but you should also be able to use an external nas. But I’ve never done that, so I can’t comment on how well that works. I’ve never seen anyone complain about such a setup though.
Btw: what nas are you using? Some NASs allow the direct installation of docker containers (Synology for example). So you could possibly run Jellyfin directly off your existing hardware
I don’t have one yet. I’m getting ready to build/buy one, but I’m still learning important things like this, and I want to buy something that works perfectly for me
