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It looks like it might be; I just know someone that has a site using it and they use a different mascot, so I thought it would have been trivial. I kind of wonder why it wouldn’t be possible to just docker bind mount a couple images into the right path, but I’m guessing maybe they obfuscate/archive the file they’re reading from or something?

You can customize the images if you want: https://anubis.techaro.lol/docs/admin/botstopper#customizing-images

The lifetime prices actually don’t seem that bad depending on your usecase (mine is solely redundant backups). Compared against Backblaze B2 for backup or a VPS service you’d come out ahead after a few years. I pay $50 for a 2TB VPS yearly, which I also use as a public IP reverse proxy/etc. Of course, “lifetime” means “for the life of the service” and all that, as well storage may not scale forever into the future, and companies usually tend to mess around with older lifetime deals after 5-10 years, but on paper it’s slightly tempting. Anyone have any tiebreakers?

Edit: I think I’d be kneecapped trying to find a cheap enough VPS to switch to that still fits my bandwidth needs. It would still be like minimum $20/year, in which case the price difference would be resolving at ~$30/year, which isn’t really fast enough to not consider this a risk or push.

Absolutely not trusting this. Uninstalling until we know more, and ideally just getting a different solution entirely. A new account tried to impersonate Catfriend1 directly at first, and then they switched to researchxxl when someone called it out (both are new accounts). Meanwhile the original Catfriend1 has provided no information about this, and we only have the new person’s word as to what’s going on. There’s way too many red flags here.

I just want to note that Jellyfin MPV Shim exists and can do most of this MPV stuff while still getting the benefits of Jellyfin. You’re putting a lot of emphasis on Plex-specific limitations (which Jellyfin doesn’t have obviously) and transcoding (which is a FEATURE to stopgap an improper media player setup, not a limitation of Jellyfin).

Pretty much every single “Pro” is not exclusive to pure MPV vs. Jellyfin MPV Shim, which mainly leaves you with the cons. Also as another commenter said, I set my Jellyfin up so that my friends and family can use it, and that’s its primary value to me. I feel like a lot of this post should be re-oriented towards MPV as a great media player, not against Jellyfin as a media platform.

This video has a lot of self-hosting and somewhat advanced stuff being mentioned, but if all you want to do is start dipping your toe into Linux then it’s not nearly as hard as you’d think. I would try running Linux in a VM (i.e. VirtualBox) to get a feel for how it operates and build up confidence that way, as well as maybe watching some videos on how people set up and use their Linux etc. It will be a learning curve, but as long as you pick a beginner-friendly distro (e.g. Linux Mint) it’s really no more difficult than if you started using Windows for the first time. Keep backups of your data and/or put Linux on a secondary computer and you should weather the initial few weeks just fine.

On the upside, when you have problems in Linux there will be logical solutions with answers that can be searched for, whereas in an OS like Windows or Mac the solution is probably “I dunno! Reinstall?” or “You just can’t do that, sorry”. It’s also understandable if you don’t want to touch anything complicated, but I do think one of the best parts of Linux is really just getting messy, making mistakes, and learning. Because things in Linux make sense, over time you’ll learn how to use a computer again. I feel strongly that Windows/Mac/Android/iPhones have (intentionally) dulled the average person’s computing skills and put them into a state of learned helplessness. Everyone thinks computers are complicated wizardry because nothing on those proprietary operating systems makes logical sense, and trying to troubleshoot anything results in wasted time and frustration.

Pretty good video. It’s not like he explains how to do anything or even picks very good software to begin with, but his genuine excitement is really all that’s required. Getting people interested is the important part, and they’ll learn much better by using their own motivation. This video also gives off a strong “I’m an idiot, and if I can do it you can do it” vibe which can be really reassuring to those who are just too intimidated to even dip their toe in.