Many Devices - Need Beginner Advice
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HithereJimHerald · 2023-11-17 23:05

Good evening folks. I am looking for some advice on where to begin
with some specific devices that I own.

My overall goal is mainly that I want to be able to be able to host my
digital collection of movies and tv shows on my network, so my wife
and I can easily access them from our TV or computers while we work. I
have got a few odds and ends for different devices so I'm hoping to
share those and find out what my best options are.

The summer before my first year of college I got two Raspberry Pi 3b+
from this Linux camp thing I went to at one of my local colleges. I'm
pretty comfortable using them, but i've never actually had a project
where they would be really useful.

I also have an older NUC type of computer that had been running
OpenWRT, my previous job had moved buildings and there was a lot of
things up for grabs, it has a Celeron J1900 and I think 4 gigs of ram
but I'd have to double check.

Also from that job I have an older LG NAS
([https://www.lg.com/us/burners-drives/lg-N2B1DD2-network-attached-
storage](https://www.lg.com/us/burners-drives/lg-N2B1DD2-network-
attached-storage)) with 2tb of storage that ideally would be what i'd
use, though I could sell it and maybe set up something for efficient
with one of the PI's?

With all that in mind, does anyone have any recommendations for a
setup for media hosting with these devices? I know I could use one of
the Pi's to connect from a distance (My new job I am wfh but will be
staying in hotels for days at a time so being able to access movies
would be nice). Any other suggestions would be appreciated! Once I
know where to begin I'll have no problem researching and getting
everything up, but knowing where to start has been the hardest part
for me so far

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ostiniatoze · 2023-11-18 03:41

Maybe use the NAS to set up jellyfin behind a reverse proxy or instead
of a reverse proxy use a vpn, wire guard or tailscale etc.