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What are the best ways to start a home media server legally? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by QuietStorm@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/plex@lemmy.ca
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Ive been wanting to make my own home media server for a bit now along with doing some other things, but how do i do it can i use any tech device as a media server, do i buy a bunch of dvds and digitize them. what exactly are the steps that need to be taken?

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[–] Hegz@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

This might help with your hardware/software stack: https://perfectmediaserver.com/

As for content, there are plenty of good suggestions here already, but my solution is to run a VPN client when I'm torrenting just to be on the safe side.