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Just wondering; is anyone else running a Plex server, or similar sort of self hosted media server?

I’m running a Plex server for TV, movies, and music. It’s running on an 8th gen intel small form factor PC, running Ubuntu Server.

My sister and brother-in-law run one. They love the thing. It seems really useful. They always have a bunch of new stuff to watch.

Does it just have various video files and music files, or does it connect to other services?

I have an Emby server virtualised on my home server which I use for TV shows and movies. Its awesome

obvs wrote: Sun Feb 15, 2026 3:59 am

My sister and brother-in-law run one. They love the thing. It seems really useful. They always have a bunch of new stuff to watch.

Does it just have various video files and music files, or does it connect to other services?

Out of the box, it just hosts whatever media files you put on its but you can run additional services that assist you in acquiring media.

I’ve got mine hosting tv shows, moves, and music, and I manually manage the media acquisition and management myself.

I had a Plex server for years but they just kept cluttering it up with stuff I did not want and switched to Stremio. I still have my old Plex library and thinking of moving it over to Jellyfin. Plex did have a excellent music app for mobile.

I get a lot of requests from people to add Plex support to Tuneshine, which I'll be doing at some point soon via a Plex plugin (if everything works how I expect it to work).

The other media servers I hear about often are Roon and Lyrion, but they seem to be music only.

I have both Plex and Jellyfin installed on my main PC, as that is the one with all of the storage.

I have gotten SUPER into Plex over the last few years. My parents and sister use it as well; mine is currently running off my old gaming PC (Circa 2019).

I messed around with one for years but, honestly, I ended up just pulling my DVDs out of my storage unit and putting them back on a shelf.

I got a working BluRay player at Goodwill for $5.

I'm not sure what my tastes say about me; but I'm sure they say something.

ConnertheCat wrote: Thu Feb 19, 2026 6:04 pm

I'm not sure what my tastes say about me; but I'm sure they say something.

I mean... I've watched most of those and don't regret any of them.

I have a few movies on my machine......

arkayn wrote: Fri Feb 20, 2026 1:54 am

I have a few movies on my machine......

Just a casual 1,000+ movies.

More of a TV show man myself; I'm not sure I want to duplicate my iTunes Movie Collection as well.

My collection is not quite that extensive, but it’s getting there…