Setting up a quick Media Server on Linux

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. Figure 1. Mediaserver Cover Image Why Jellyfin? Completely free and open-source (no premium tiers) No account or phone-home required Apps for Android, iOS, Roku, Fire TV, and more Hardware transcoding support Prerequisites A Linux machine (Raspberry Pi, NAS, old laptop — anything works) Docker installed Media files on a local disk or USB drive ...

June 13, 2026 · 1 min · 176 words · Micha Kops

Video Manipulation using HTML 5 and Javascript

Some funny stuff can be done using HTML 5, canvas elements and the video events API. In the following example we’re using these techniques to apply graphic effects to a video embedded in a HTML page.. The Goal Please take a look at the following screencast on YouTube to get an idea of what the final example looks like or just take a look at the demo page. As you can see a video is rendered and a clone is displayed with a strange swirl effect applied. ...

August 5, 2012 · 3 min · 636 words · Micha Kops