![]() And I already subscribe to what feels like 50 TV/streaming/media services (whether I want to or its part of a package deal I'm forced into getting), so I don't care about useless add-on TV channels or media partnerships. I don't care too much about transcoding or metadata retrieval services, mostly because I've always been meticulous using MetaZ (and formerly MetaX) to label every detail about every media item I've imported. ![]() The main options I considered are Plex, Kodi, and Jellyfin. No matter what vendor, you should never put 100% of your faith into any of them, especially the so-called free ones! Home Media Library Options Second, I keep my own backups of all the data that I store in iCloud-but I'd do the same for any cloud service. First, I use them for the convenience and deep integration with Apple hardware-Apple builds integrated software usable by techies and non-techies alike. Mac and MobileMe days :)Ī few readers might wonder why I'd be so 'dumb' as to use Apple's cloud services if I don't trust their reliability. Don't put blind trust in any of Apple's cloud services, and always maintain your own backups-I learned that lesson especially back in the. My music and audio track needs are met well enough by Apple's iCloud Music Library-I'm not some super audiophile nut, but I do have at least a few thousand songs that aren't part of 'Apple Music' I'm loathe to lose. And I'd like to make sure I can easily browse all that content on my iPad and Apple TV, at a minimum. So I was looking at my options for a media library-in aggregate, I need it to serve up hundreds of movies, and potentially thousands of TV show episodes. But it's been unsupported by Apple for a few years, and besides, I have a new ASUSTOR Lockerstor 4 with 16 TB of always-online NAS storage! and it's still running strong, with an upgraded 20 TB of total storage space. I have a 2010 Mac mini (see above) that's acted as my de-facto media library/NAS for over a decade. The writing's been on the wall for a few years, especially after the split from iTunes to "Music" and "TV" apps, and while I tested out Plex a few years back, I never really considered switching to another home media library system, mostly due to laziness. To make that library accessible, I've always used iTunes and the iTunes Shared Library functionality that-while it still exists today-seems to be on life support, in kind of a "we still support it because the code is there" state. It’s appreciated.Since 2008, I've ripped every DVD and Blu-Ray I bought to my Mac, with a collection of SD and HD media totaling around 2 TB today. ![]() I doubt that we’d ever use it and it opens more holes for security.Īnyway, Infuse likes it. I was considering configuring it for remote access. I won’t be using it for anything else except for media streaming to the Apple TVs and for network storage of files for our PCs on the home network. It can’t run Plex as the software for it isn’t compatible with mine.īut as per everyone else’s suggestions I’ve set it up in Infuse with SMB. I believe this will show more apps to install, specifically third party apps. It should be in the Settings section for Package Center. ![]() You may have to modify your Synology Package settings for Beta apps and non-Synology package certificates. What model Synology NAS did you get? I’ve been using them for years, from a DS212 to DS918+’s (server racks for my McIntosh Labs home theatre 4K-8K content though). ![]()
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