Media Madness

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 Tiny Media Manager seems to be doing the trick for sorting out my media issues. 

https://www.tinymediamanager.org/

I've moved on to JellyFin as my local media player, using the app for the Amazon Fire TV. I've installed it in the synergy NAS , and locked it down. A good Shodan scan and some poking shows no open connections that should not be , but I'm keeping an eye on it. 

I still need to transcode my (legal) DVD ISO rips to MKV files as Jellyfin does not play well with ISO images. 

Still it's nice to be able to have an organized way to watch my local stuff inside of Ft. Enuii. 

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