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How big is your media library? (twun.io)
submitted 3 days ago by SpookyMulder@twun.io to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Background: I've been writing a new media server like Jellyfin or Plex, and I'm thinking about releasing it as an OSS project. It's working really well for me already, so I've started polishing up the install process, writing getting started docs, stuff like that.

I'm interested in how other folks have set up their media libraries. Especially the technical details around how files are encoded and organized.

My media library currently has about 1,100 movies and just shy of 200 TV shows. I've encoded everything as high quality AV1 video with Opus audio, in a WebM container. Subtitles and chapters are in a separate WebVTT file alongside the video. The whole thing is currently about 9TB. With few exceptions, I sourced everything directly from Blu-ray or DVD using MakeMKV. It's organized pretty close to how Jellyfin wants it.

What about you?

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[–] culpable@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

I use Tdarr to transcode everything in VP9 (can play in a browser and doesn't need transcoding from Jellyfin).

Audio is AAC 2 channel (I keep the original audio track and add the new AAC). Subs are in SRT.

Everything is made for play from a browser without issue. I use Infuse on my Apple TV and ether never the web player but when my family watch something form Jellyfin wathever the device no trancode needed.

TV Shows : 172 | Movies : 394 | 7.2 Tib

Actually, not all files are transcoded the process is very slow. All files are stored on my NAS (Synology DS918+) with SHR-1 (hybrid RAID with 1 drive fault).

I use Janitorr, he removes old files when I run low on space. This is why my library is not big.

Feel free to ask if you have questions.

Sorry for my English.

[–] alexcleac@szmer.info 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wow, thanks for suggestion of Tdarr — that project indeed looks very nice. What is. your experience using it? Any quirks?

[–] SpookyMulder@lemmy.4d2.org 1 points 3 days ago

I second this. Never heard of it but looks great.

[–] HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I tried tdarr, but have issues using more than one node. I may just wind up installing docker on my more powerful desktop specifically for tdarr, instead of on the proxmox server I have without a real gpu. (It's a Xeon Supermicro board with their onboard VGA)

[–] SpookyMulder@lemmy.4d2.org 2 points 3 days ago

Playing files directly in the browser and avoiding the need for transcoding is exactly what the system I've built is designed around, so I get the appeal!

[–] dethmetaljeff@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Could you share your plugin setup/flow? I'd like to have tdarr do exactly what you have it doing.