What's the best way to stream my files to my devices whem I'm away from home? (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Rambler@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I'd like some streaming help please.

I've got a linux mint laptop, a windows pc, an nvidia shield and films that I'd like to watch from anywhere. Can you suggest a best way to do this, or any 'best' method that I can adopt?

I'll add that I'm not great at Linux, and all these devices will be on sleep mode when I'm away from home (apart from my nvidia) - which I believe is always on.

If possible I'd like to keep costs down, but I'm open to learning some new stuff.

Thanks for any help.

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[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 months ago

I'm using Emby for that and loving it (even paying the premium). It's free too for most features. If i got you right, you have your movies and a pc. Emby runs fine on linux/android/win. Setting up the server is child's play on win (haven't tried linux).

If you dislike it and like to tinker more (coz u have to) : Jellyfin (same base as emby).

Or you can pay and go the mainstream-route with plex.

If that is what you're looking for?

[-] Rambler@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Emby sounds interesting, thanks.

[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago

It is. I switched after many years of plex because they started to annoy me. It was a long while ago and zero issues since. Big community and if you're stuck (which u won't) you'd get help there

[-] ripcord@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Second Emby. It's a great Plex alternative.

Jellyfin has also been fine.

[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago

I switched from plex to jelly, but (at that time, it might be cooler now) it was horrible. Nothing really worked. Then gave emby a try and bougjt premium a week later. It just works. Has a webhook-support (for my smarthome) and whatnot. No crash, no hickup, no glitch. All just works.

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