eSATA fell out of fashion when USB got faster AND eSATA wasn’t hot plug and play.

http://www.IsItDNS.com

I was going to reply to this and then decided I don’t care anymore.

Nice.

No LS-120 or eSATA drives. :-)

Turns out IPv6 wasn’t working so I had a heck of a time tracking that down.

Just disable IPv6 like most people and move on /s (kinda)

Sheet music.

https://www.borgbackup.org/

For what?

I don’t let my users transcode and provide instructions how to set playback to the original Quality.

Why not disable transcoding?

At work, I get a lot of slack DMs that ask for the same information. It’s not consistent to the point I would just pin the information in my Windows 11 clipboard. But it’s often enough that I’d prefer to give people the same information each time it’s asked.

Use (something like) Auto Hot Key

Opt-In is not acceptable.

Fair point and agree 100%.

…several of the “features” you mention are not included by default.

Never made any mention that they were there by default; I’m asking if they exist.

🏅

Agreed; how many people actually do that?

I’ll ask the questions I ask Jellyfin users that, if they’re all (or mostly) yes will get me (and a lot of other people) to switch:

Does Jellyfin have:

Music filtering/smart playlists?
Sonic analysis of music to generate smart playlists?
Good 4k/x265 performance?
A third party (or built in) utility that shows me streaming usage per person? (Think Tautulli) Allows me to limit remote users to streaming from a single IP address at a time?
Let’s me watch something together with another remote user?
Has an app for most any device (like Plex or Emby) that does NOT require sideloading?
Has built in native DVR steaming/recording support?
Two factor authentication?
Doesn’t default new clients to 720p for remote streaming?
Easy login of other devices by entering in a randomly generated four character code?

If I watch it once and might want to see it again, I download it.

This was if it gets censored or removed I have a copy.

That will happen, yes, but the bigger question then is what’s wrong with the video file.

Why?

Sad that he died in 2016.

You can, but I’d venture a guess most people don’t.

What CPU do you have?

I’ve run Jellyfin without transcoding from a raspberry pi for 2-3 streams without stuttering.

Go RAID 6 and save some disks for backups.

Everyone knows you need to harvest it from smoke detectors like the Nuclear Eagle Boy Scout did.

People talk about the cost of storage space but neglect the cost of electricity to constantly transcode video files. And it’s not like the output is saved for the next time; you need to do it every time.

Plus, I’d bet most people sit too far from their TV to be able to see the actual different between 1080p and 4k.

HDR? Sure. But 4k? Doubtful.

I keep two libraries - one that’s 720/1080p and a second that’s 4k only. My 4k content is severely limited to only things I REALLY want in 4k.

The easiest and cheapest solution is don’t allow transcoding.

The easiest way to do that is separate your 720/1080p videos from your 4k videos. Limit 4k access to the users that can play 4k

Server OS?

Whatever one you’re most comfortable with.

Client OS?

There’s a lot of different factors for this one.

What problem are you trying to solve?

https://xyproblem.info/

Block it sooner than later; the older they get the more they run like crap.

Why?

…if the query times out, try the next, until out of name servers, then repeat trying all the name servers until a maximum number of retries are made.)

Queries are going to time out and fall over to the other DNS server.

You only set one DHCP server. DHCP hands out both PiHoles as DNS servers on the network.

Name resolution is handled by DNS and not DHCP.

You should have two PiHoles.

It does not.

They don’t have to, but they do anyway.

Thank you.

How much does it cost in power to run the Pi? The computer?

I’ve got a Pi3B running Plex and, with one stream and no transcoding, there is no choppiness to any video.

Why is it a bad idea?

What the breakdown of cost of Pi (and accessories) vs mini pc? What’s the power consumption breakdown?

I’m certainly not say it has to be a Pi; I’m trying to point out that a Pi could host a Jellyfin server without transcoding.

So what box do you think exists that will play protected and non-protected content with a 10ft interface?

Only thing left I can think of is the Nvidia shield.

Edit: Downvotes but no responses. Very telling.

AppleTV

Roku

Firestick

Édit: Downvoted for a legitimate answer? This is why people don’t want to post/help when people ask questions.