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Skullvalanche on Nostr: nprofile1q…r0ceu a NAS (network attached storage) is just a dedicated computer that ...

a NAS (network attached storage) is just a dedicated computer that stays online and connected to your network and has some storage drives accessible to other computers on your local network. Any computer can be used as a NAS with some small configuration settings. You can even plug in external drives into the NAS computer.

Jellyfin (jellyfin.org) is a server app you can run on the NAS computer. You configure it to point to your media folder(s) on the computer, and it acts as sort of a combination Spotify/Netflix replacement that just runs local on your home network.

And assuming you might also want to access your jellyfin server when you’re _not_ at home, you can also install Tailscale (VPN) on your NAS, which allows you to remote access the Jellyfin server even when you’re away.

… having now typed all that out I’m thinking this is probably better as a blog post. This is kinda the basic idea though. :)