BruisedMoose

I understand recommendations, but I don’t want anything just auto inserting music into my library. I curate my library. I want to intentionally add to it. Half the joy in finding new artists is whatever led you to that moment.

This might just be an old man talking though.

So do you have just a bunch of random boolean tags? The Genre tag can hold multiple values, so you could have “Classical;Relaxing;String Quartet;Suites” if you wanted and each is identified separately.

Thanks! Definitely going to spend some time with the media managers this weekend. Replacing 4 separate-but-connected-or-related apps into one would be amazing.

I’ve just finished ripping about 1300 CDs. I used Jellyfin for a bit since I already had it set up for my video library, but I wasn’t happy with the Android options and it was pretty basic.

Navidrome is a fucking TREAT. Paired with Symfonium, I’m finally enjoying my personal music collection regularly again.

As for tagging, OP, while I get why people like Picard, it doesn’t always work with how I like to do things. I put everything into a music folder on my desktop, use Mp3Tag to retrieve metadata, edit what I need, and make sure the artwork is decent and sized where I want it. Then I use the tag > filename to organize and move them to my NAS.

First off, take this for what it is: a guy who can follow instructions but does not understand all the inner workings of docker.

I use Gluetun and have a set of apps that I run through it. They are all in the same compose file. Each of the ports is defined in the Gluetun section and not with the individual app. Then each app’s network_mode is set to service:gluetun

This routes all the traffic for those apps through the VPN while maintaining my regular network for everything else.

Adding to the Aegis chorus.

I also use Proton Pass for some sites that aren’t as critical for me / don’t have a bunch of PII. It’s easy.

An “I Wish I Had …” addition to this: maybe start something like Wiki.js or Joplin that you will then use to document what you do as you go. Keep a record of your process so that you can work your way back if you need.

CasaOS in a similar vein. Casa is just an app that can be installed on Linux though.

When I started, I wanted something to obfuscate all the Dockishness because I didn’t get it and just wanted to get going. It helped me get familiar with common Docker things and while I’m very far from being any sort of expert, I’m comfortable enough in a compose file now.

I still have Casa running, though I rely on it less and less. At some point maybe I’ll move everything out.

I’m in camp #2. Only my Gmail address can access my apps from outside my home. It’s a little bit of a pain to configure the rules, but once it’s done it’s done. I’ve been happy with it.

You do need to have a domain name though.

Once upon a time. But my understanding of this:

https://blog.cloudflare.com/updated-tos/

Is that so long as you don’t use their CDN for your content, which is where the bypass cache rule comes in, you’re okay.

Given your requirements, IDK why people are recommending different VPNs and such. No way I’m going through that with my mom.

For me, the easiest route was Cloudflare Tunnel. No need to fart around with exposing ports, has some baseline security, TLS, easy for my users.

The only thing you’ll want to be sure to do is create a cache rule to bypass caching on your jellyfin domain.

For what it’s worth, CasaOS isn’t actually an operating system. It absolutely works as an easy way to install and manage your self-hosted apps if you aren’t comfortable with the command line, but you still need to have a working Linux installation.

Yunohost is kind of similar as far as making things easier, but it operates as a standalone OS, so might be more what you’re looking for.

Everyone has said Nextcloud, and I agree.

I will also add though that I keep Nextcloud on a VPS rather than hosting it at home. Easier for me in terms of backups and storage, plus I don’t have to worry about a kid or my wife unplugging the PC to charge a phone or something. 🙃

My reasoning and setup are different, but I’m also looking at DAS solutions this week for a media server.

After just about a month of hosting some things on a Raspberry Pi 4, I think it’s about time to work on repurposing this mini PC that hasn’t been doing much the last few years and keep growing my services.

To that end, can anyone point me to a good, thorough guide to getting going with Sonarr? I installed it, but then realized I needed to add a client and Prowlarr and I feel like I just started in the middle.

I agree with this. I’m running CasaOS on a Pi4. Having the initial ease of one click installs gives you a great start, then you’ll start to find that you need to manage some port assignments, then you’ll start learning about Docker environment variables, then you’ll be managing custom installs.

Awesome-Selfhosted is a great resource. Just browse and try something interesting.

My own recent journey went like this:

Run AdGuard Add DokuWiki, Navidrome, Mealie Set up Cloudflare Tunnels Add FreshRSS, Homer, SearchXNG

I also have Nextcloud on a VPS, but the fun is on the Pi.

Since it’s winter and I mostly don’t want to leave my house, I busted out an unused Raspberry Pi 4b a couple weeks ago. Started with CasaOS and AdGuard. Have now added a few other services including Navidrome to serve up a lot of local-area music for myself and friends. Got a Cloudflare tunnel set up, then some authentication through CF as well. And finally secured a static IP from my ISP. This is the farthest along I’ve ever gotten with any of this and it’s been going great. Nearly every hurdle I’ve encountered I’ve been able to work through.

Two things causing me grief today though:

1. I also have Nextcloud hosted on a VPS and I cannot get to the point of running occ commands. First it wasn’t found, then no php cli, then just errors. I gave up.

2. I’m using Homer because it’s just so simple, but the theming and CSS is driving me nuts. Sure, I can change colors, but will this little bar in the neon theme change from 4em to 100% for me? NOPE. Override fonts? Nosir. All good though.