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?

  • helpimnotdrowning@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Truth be told, doing it legally will only make it harder and harder to get media. Mullvad VPN (https://mullvad.net ) is only 5€ (~5.4$) monthly and you can quite literally mail them the physical dollars to pay for the VPN if you don’t have card.

    • captainnapalm83English
      1·
      2 years ago

      Is Mullvad still a valid option with no port forwarding? I guess if you’re only on public trackers and don’t care about seeding it’s probably fine.

      • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        You “can” run torrent without port forward, you get a lot less friction running with one, even on public.

        privateinternetaccess has a handfull of nodes that allow port forward, they also have one in switzerland that allows socks proxy.

        • YoruioMEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          To add, running without portforward lowers the amount of discoverable peers quite a bit, which usually results in a much lower download speed.