https://www.hascode.com/tags/self-hosted/ Recent content in Self-Hosted on Micha Kops' Tech Notes Hugo en Copyright © 2010 - 2025 Micha Kops. #e9d956c0c0154a221ad83c925346a8fa0e72f866 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200 https://www.hascode.com/setting-up-a-quick-media-server-on-linux/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200 https://www.hascode.com/setting-up-a-quick-media-server-on-linux/ <div id="preamble"> <div class="sectionbody"> <div class="paragraph"> <p>Want to stream your local movie and music collection to your TV, phone, or tablet — without subscriptions or cloud accounts? A self-hosted media server is the answer, and with Docker it takes about 2 minutes.</p> </div> <div class="imageblock"> <div class="content"> <img src="mediaserver-cover.png" alt="Media Server Setup" width="50%"/> </div> <div class="title">Figure 1. Mediaserver Cover Image</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sect1"> <h2 id="_why_jellyfin">Why Jellyfin?</h2> <div class="sectionbody"> <div class="ulist"> <ul> <li> <p>Completely free and open-source (no premium tiers)</p> </li> <li> <p>No account or phone-home required</p> </li> <li> <p>Apps for Android, iOS, Roku, Fire TV, and more</p> </li> <li> <p>Hardware transcoding support</p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sect1"> <h2 id="_prerequisites">Prerequisites</h2> <div class="sectionbody"> <div class="ulist"> <ul> <li> <p>A Linux machine (Raspberry Pi, NAS, old laptop — anything works)</p> </li> <li> <p>Docker installed</p> </li> <li> <p>Media files on a local disk or USB drive</p> </li> </ul> </div>