Non-tech user friendly media serving + automatic subtitles loading
reddit / selfhosted

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Dyils · 2023-10-20 20:12

So I need a bit of advice. I'm planning a media server for parents who
are **not at all technical**. The distance (we live in different
countries) makes it a bit difficult for me to experiment a lot, so
ideally I'd like to get this right the first time and hence this
thread.

Requirements:

* A media server that will download movies from somewhere. And either:
   * I would have control over exactly which ones are downloaded (
**remotely** ) so I can filter out either garbage or potentially
malicious content ( I've seen too many fake torrents before )
   * **Or** some automatic alternative for doing the above that I can
trust.
* Subtitles integration that requires no efforts from my parents at
all. Perhaps something that will automatically look for subs on
[opensubtitles.org](https://opensubtitles.org) and apply them to the
movies or something like that.

What I have available:

* At my parents', there is a Raspberry Pi 4 running Ubuntu Server 22
with SSH access
* A 4K TV with multiple HDMI INs and possibly network IN or something
along those lines (I'd need to check)
* The ability to send hardware to them, such as hard drives if
necessary
* Programming skills (Mainly Python) and decent experience with Bash.
So I can whip out something or configure anything a bit more complex,
so that's not a constraint.

What is the most straightforward solution and ideally something I can
setup **remotely** with a bit of help on site from my parents to plug
things in. They can plug in an HDMI, Ethernet cable, external HDD,
etc. If it's as simple as LEGO, they can do it.

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Rare_Lead241 · 2023-10-20 21:00

I'm going to keep it brief since documentation exists for all of these
if you want to understand how they integrate.

Media server: Plex. Alternatives exist(emby, jellyfin), but Plex just
works on nearly any client.
Content: Radarr(movies), Sonarr(TV shows). Automated content grabbers
for usenet/torrents.
Subtitles: Bazarr
Requests: Overseerr
Several guides here: https://trash-guides.info/

Hopefully this can get you started and some others might chime in with
more detail.

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FroSSTII · 2023-10-20 21:13

Rare_Lead241 covered the most common and feature full stack
(plex/jellyfin + *arr stack). Another option It is not self hosted
but, it might be worth looking in to stremio + real-debrid in this use
case.

You will find plenty information about it online including Reddit.

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One_PointSixOneEight · 2023-10-20 23:45

[https://yams.media/](https://yams.media/)

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HARD_TRUTH_ONLY · 2023-10-21 04:45

Just did this tonight finally. Working great.

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Dyils · 2023-10-21 18:30

Can any of these be configured to output from the Raspberry Pi 4
either over the local network or via its HDMI out even though its
running Ubuntu Server, i.e. no desktop environment?

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Dyils · 2023-10-21 18:30

Can this be configured to output from the Raspberry Pi 4 either over
the local network or via its HDMI out even though its running Ubuntu
Server, i.e. no desktop environment?

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One_PointSixOneEight · 2023-10-21 19:13

Yes