Apple Media Backups

[notabitail]

For photos, it works pretty well. Quality is good, and organization and sharing are pretty streamlined. I do have some privacy concerns though, and for that reason I'd like to find an alternative at some point in the near future.

Self host a Immich server.

 

[AGeese]

For photos, it works pretty well. Quality is good, and organization and sharing are pretty streamlined. I do have some privacy concerns though, and for that reason I'd like to find an alternative at some point in the near future.

Yeah same, you may as well consider anything in an external database public regardless of privacy settings or policies because it's only a matter of time before it gets breached. I was just thinking about how AI could help me organize photos so that's interesting.

 

[HenHangout]

If you are using linux, drive formatting is important, make sure you use NTFS otherwise if you use a common linux format like ext4, Windows won't be about to read it if you transferred the drive to another computer.

If you prefer the Windows interface but are concerned about the bloatware, I recommend Windows Enterprise LTSC. Its available on archive.org. You're going to have the 'activate windows' watermark and enterprise keys are either difficult to find or expensive, but there are removal scripts you can run at startup

For media hosting I use Emby which has apps for smart TVs, Android and iPhone. I have 4 Roku TVs and a pull down projector with a tiny Roku box that can access my ~700GB of movies, TV shows and anime at any time. Depending on your router, you should be able to set up NAT so you can access Emby from basically anywhere, and you can set up user credentials and accessibility restrictions.

 

[notabitail]

If you are using linux, drive formatting is important, make sure you use NTFS otherwise if you use a common linux format like ext4, Windows won't be about to read it if you transferred the drive to another computer.

If you prefer the Windows interface but are concerned about the bloatware, I recommend Windows Enterprise LTSC. Its available on archive.org. You're going to have the 'activate windows' watermark and enterprise keys are either difficult to find or expensive, but there are removal scripts you can run at startup

For media hosting I use Emby which has apps for smart TVs, Android and iPhone. I have 4 Roku TVs and a pull down projector with a tiny Roku box that can access my ~700GB of movies, TV shows and anime at any time. Depending on your router, you should be able to set up NAT so you can access Emby from basically anywhere, and you can set up user credentials and accessibility restrictions.

Which Linux do you use?

 

[HenHangout]

Which Linux do you use?

I originally installed Linuxmint Mate to handle my streaming setup but ended up going with Windows Enterprise LTSC due to a very specific issue that probably won't affect you (regarding RTSP). My home media server uses Windows 10, but I would have gone with Windows Enterprise LTSC had I known about it and I don't want to reinstall and set it up again.