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[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 42 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Sorry, your favorite media server is just files you play on a browser?

I mean, not shaming, I just had never heard of that being preferable to Plex/Emby/Jellyfin.

[–] currycourier@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"If it works, it ain't stupid" ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

It can definitely work and be stupid

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I am too lazy to set up something like Jellyfin. It only makes sense for me with music, for which I use Navidrome. But again, my setup is mostly directory/filename based, so it's really being carried with m3u playlists as opposed to proper metadata.

I mean, maybe I'll use Jellyfin if I'll do something in a proper way, but currently I don't see the point of it. And anyway, I can always copy the URLs to VLC, which will even accept DVD ISO files.
e.g.:

vlc --no-dvdnav-menu http/dvdnav://192.168.49.1:8080/media/ISOs/Interstellar.iso

let's me play entire copy of a DVD, properly with menus and bonus features, just as if I used the DVD directly.

Although I don't do this anymore because of storage limitations, but I'll likely return back to it once I'll have a proper media server and LAN.