I am setting up my NAS right now, and I need some suggestions for apps that I can run on my NAS or self-host.

  • I have seen some online articles, but they are too confusing because they list too many apps for each category.

  • I want backup apps for iOS, Android, Mac and Windows. (It would be great if they could back up automatically).

  • I want to sync my calendars and contacts.

  • I want to download media like TV shows and movies. (And music, too). “Of course, only legal obtained from the internet cough.”

  • I want apps that let me access my data from anywhere.

  • I saw this cool thing where you could use a Raspberry Pi to access your NAS bios from your PC.

Os - Unraid

        • Chewy@discuss.tchncs.de
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          1 year ago

          Never used Plex, but if being open source is a feature Jellyfin is better than Plex.

          Not requiring an external authentication server is the biggest drawback of Plex. I don’t want Plex to have my watch history and info about my media library.

          With Findroid supporting the intro skip plugin I’m fine since I don’t need many platforms.

      • 𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙚@programming.dev
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        1 year ago

        Still gotta pay for guide data iirc. Has that changed?

        An update for the Roku app was released 5 days ago which massively improves it (finally an OSD!). It’s getting there.

        • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          I use zap2xml or whatever it is. Simple script and crontab job and it’s worked without issue for near two years now I guess (since I initially configured it.) All free. I’m in the States so not sure if it’s location dependent or not.

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      1 year ago

      And Android TV, it’s gotten better, but generally still sucks.

      I use Jellyfin because it’s FOSS, private, and it’s also written in a tech stack I’m very familiar with.not because it’s better than flex, because it really isn’t.