• Alborlin@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Okay , for anyone who can advise a noob like me.i don’t want NAS, of fancy connections and switches and gears. All I want is to get SSD or HDD , an tore t client to download ahem " iso"s and then I open my TV/comouert and voilà it’s there, what is easy and simplest way to do it ?.

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      1 year ago

      Does your TV have a USB port? You might literally be able to just download files to an external drive and go plug that into your TV.

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      1 year ago

      NVIDIA Shield with USB drive, and the Shield supports running Plex. Hook the Shield up to your main TV, share its content anywhere else you need it using Plex. You can even torrent directly on the Shield.

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      Install Plex Radarr Sonarr and Jackett.

      Select jackett as the indexer for both sonarr and Radarr.

      Select your torrent program as the main torrent program for both radarr and sonarr.

      Point the Plex library to whatever folder you selected to use on Radarr and Sonarr.

      And that’s it.

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      Get a Synology NAS, put HDDs in it, easily install Torrent client and media server software, and enjoy.

      A NAS is a box for HDDs, a low-powered computer to drive them, an OS, and some bits of software you choose to run on it.

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        He literally just said he didn’t want a NAS. All he needs then is to a get a couple 2-4 TB SSDs, and just stick them in his computer. Boom done

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          I got that but wondered if he knew what an NAS can be. It doesn’t need to be complicated but you are right: he can just add a bunch of HDDs to his current PC and install the necessary server apps. But I doubt someone who doesn’t want to bother with an added NAS has a PC that can host a bunch of extra SATA drives.

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            I know what I’m doing, and I don’t want a NAS. I have a 4Tb M.2 as my boot & games drive, and 2x 14TB HDD for Media. I have Plex installed and it’s great.

            Most people don’t need a NAS. Unless you’re running a full network setup like Linus, a NAS isn’t needed.

            I can watch stuff on my PC, or I can cast to the living room TV, while the missus casts to the bedroom PC.

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              Unless you’re running a full network setup like Linus

              I’m not sure I understand what that means but yes, a NAS is not indispensable, but it’s a great convenience. Pre-NAS that’s how I rolled until I didn’t want to have to run my full-powered gaming PC all the time.