Oppenheimer and the resurgence of Blu-ray and DVDs: How to stop your films and music from disappearing::In an era where many films and albums are stored in the cloud, “streaming anxiety” is making people buy more DVDs, records – and even cassette tapes.
Torrent them onto your own storage and make backups .
I have a 12tb external HDD for now, set it up with an Emby server so I can access it anywhere. Total cost was around $200. Gonna replace it with a NAS with like 80TB so I can keep it safe forever. This is the way.
Woo Emby
Thanks i didnt know about it!
if you’re thinking if trying it, you may want to opt for jellyfin instead. its an open source fork of emby that doesn’t need a subscription and avoids some of the more concerning recent moves they’ve been making
Jellyfin and plex are the main one i was going to try. Good to know :)
Another ‘Woo Emby’ here!
Rather than a NAS, consider building an Unraid server, I built my first one from old hardware that I repurposed, my current one is a little more sophisticated but not over the top.
Unraid can be setup as an automated media server with all the ARRs running to manage your library.
Os use casaos, tippi, cosmos, or any of the free alternatives that don’t absolutely leech you and work just as well with minimal config