Self hosted VOD server
reddit / selfhosted

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rshah212 · 2023-10-27 02:07

Hi self hosting community.  I'm looking for recommendations for a VOD
server, with some specific requirements:
- Ability to browse a folder structure on the server to pick the file
to view. If a file is added to a folder, the server shouldn't need to
reindex
- HLS support.
- Adaptive bitrate on the fly transcoding would be great
- Some level of password protection or user management

Plex / Emby / Jellyfin are all good, but I find to be too bloated.

I have toyed with nginx-vod using kaltura but it doesn't support on
the fly transcoding to lower bitrates (files need to be pre-
transcoded)

Any thoughts from the community?  Your help is much appreciated.

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plasticbomb1986 · 2023-10-27 05:36

So you want a filebrowser with transcode capability, am i right?

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voxadam · 2023-10-27 05:53

Have you thought about a DLNA client/server combo?

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rshah212 · 2023-10-27 10:14

Yes, that's pretty much it.

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rshah212 · 2023-10-27 10:16

So, my understanding (which could be wrong) is that DLNA servers do
not have user mgmt or password protection.  Am I incorrect?

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R0GG3R · 2023-10-27 18:17

[MistServer](https://mistserver.org/) maybe? Docker:
https://github.com/R0GGER/mistserver

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rshah212 · 2023-10-28 00:10

I'm trying to figure out how to use it.  Most of its documentation is
now 404'd.  Got any pointers on how to make it work as a VOD server?

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plasticbomb1986 · 2023-10-28 01:14

did you tried in jellyfin the folder view?

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rshah212 · 2023-10-28 01:18

I have.  The indexing takes forever and many times the app/web
interface times out post indexing (for reasons I don't understand)