Ive been wanting to make my own home media server for a bit now along with doing some other things, but how do i do it can i use any tech device as a media server, do i buy a bunch of dvds and digitize them. what exactly are the steps that need to be taken?

    • ShySparkOPEnglish
      4•2 years ago

      I dont really have the money to spend on the things i want epecially mounthly things and ive never had a job before and i still dont becasue im trying to get thru school and such. so is there something else that i can do and stay safe while doing so>

      • @afatparakeet@beehaw.orgEnglish
        6•2 years ago

        Really the only safe, cheap and sustainable way nowadays is to use docker + gluetun + mullvad VPN (or your preferred VPN.

        VPNs are cheap and they’re worth it.

        • @Polendri@lemmy.caEnglish
          1•2 years ago

          Mullvad is dropping support for port forwarding as of July 1st (a lack of which cripples torrenting), so this actually no longer a good option. I’m miffed about it since I just set it all up a couple weeks ago. I haven’t done my research to see if there are any trustworthy VPN providers left which offer port forwarding.

        • @learning2Draw@lemmy.caEnglish
          1•2 years ago

          Haven’t used docker myself yet but keep seeing it talked about with servers, am I right in that if you have a working configuration if docker gluetun (with a vpn) you could share some sort of file that would let others setup theirs in the same way semiautomatically?

      • @buckykat@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
        4•2 years ago

        A good VPN is five bucks a month. Certainly cheaper than any legal method of acquiring media, except 480i library DVDs.