i have the same hardware (24gb ram) and it works a treat. I run quite a number of services on it. Only pihole i moved to a dedicated raspi. that way i don’t need to restart thw dns when i restart the other server.

used a bash script and a cron job for a long time, now the whole topic is one of the projects i regularly rewrite whenever I want to get my hands dirty with a new programming language or framework.

you can define a retention time for sources (=channels) so you can somewhat limit storage usage.

in a docker compose file you can set the option “restart: unless-stopped”

https://docs.docker.com/reference/compose-file/services/#restart

I have in fact never used MakeMKV in that way, I’ve always used the backup option. That makes it a lot easier, thanks so much for pointing me into the right direction!

That’s a good hint, although I wouldn’t mind too mich. personally. My server is located in the basement.

I don’t keep track actively. I noticed problems when reading a file and looked at the drive with smartctl for that reason. Does anybody know how to keep track actively?

that wouldn’t be a problem for me, as my server is located in the basement. But good to know!

my currently failing drive is a WD as well… 🥴 I bought it a year ago, I think…

I was thinking actual hard drives, not SSDs…

I fear that will be what I have to do. I’m just so confused why Emby seems to have no problem at allwith it, but Jellyfin does… Not a single show is automatically assigned correctly.

Good to know, but still a lot of source paths would change. that’s my worry…

I have multiple folders with movies and multiple folders with tv shows. Each folder is imported as either “movie only” or “tv show only”…

yes I have. still thanks for the question, I tend to forget about obvious stuff like that… :)

As I wrote, I’ve already tried to change that, but it gives me the same result.

Yes, I suspected that. But I’ve also tried to change that already, to no avail… :-(

That’s exactly what I was looking for - I came across MakeMKV before, but couldn’t find a recent Linux version - didn’t think of Flathub, though. None of the guides that come up if you look for dvd ripping on linux mention it, though… Thanks mate!

Oh great! I came accross MakeMKV before, but couldn’t find a recent version. Didn’t think of Flathub…

Strangely, playing was working fine. Just when I try to convert it has sync issues… I’m probably just too simpleminded to make it work that way, but VLC doesn’t make it easy to do it right either, I guess…

you could look into other ways of pirating, that don’t necessarily require a vpn, instead. in may country it’s mainly problematic to use torrents, because you automatically are sharing stuff as well. IRC is something that I never had a problem with, for example. you’re only downloading and it doesn’t cost you anything. there are xdcc search engines out there. The downsides are that it’s a bit nerdy (is it a downside. though?) and you’ll mostly find current mainstream content.