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I don’t think there is an “average” setup because everyone’s hardware and needs are different.
What are you trying to “fix” with Plex/Jellyifn?
Will you still be using it your existing hardware? If so, what are the specs?
OS all depends on what you’re doing; I would think for the beeline you’d run something without a GUI and utilize Docker or some sort of virtualization.
By average I mean, lots of folks have niche needs, while mine currently are generic, so I’m wondering what’s not necessarily the best but most common.
My plex/Emby server is currently on a qnap ts563 and does not handle transcoding well. Looking to improve that with the n100 and move away from emby to try jellyfin. I keep plex because it works and I share servers with friends, but I’m curious about jellyfin.
My daily driver is not going to be part of the new setup. It’s and older frankenbuilt pc with manjaro. If anyone has interesting ideas for the nas besides holding my media please do.
I think a docker system would be best but any suggestions that encompass all this would be great. If I’m being vague it’s because I’ve always just copy pasted and read guides. I’m not as knowledgeable as I’d like to be yet.
If you share access with your media to anyone you'd consider even remotely non-technical, do not drop Jellyfin in their laps.
The clients aren't nearly as good as plex, they're not as universally supported as plex, and the whole thing just has the needs-another-year-or-two-of-polish vibes.
And before the pitchfork crowd shows up, I'm using Jellyfin exclusively, but I also don't have people using it who can't figure out why half the episodes in a tv season pick a different language, or why the subtitles are somtimes english, and sometimes german, or why some videos occasionally don't have proper audio (l and r are swapped) and how to take care of all of those things.
I'd also agree your thought that docker is the right approach to go: you don't need docker swarm, or kubernetes, or whatever other nonsense for your personal plex install, unless you want to learn those technologies.
Install a base debian via netinstall, install docker, install plex, done.
That sounds less like a JF problem and more like a your files are janky problem.
They're using Plex for friends and JF for themselves, if you read the comment you replied to.