Plex
NVIDIA vs Intel GPUs for Local AI: A Beginner Buying Guide
A noob-friendly guide to choosing NVIDIA or Intel GPUs for local AI, with practical model recommendations, VRAM tiers, media-server notes, and tool support warnings.
The Complete Plex, Arr, and Tdarr Homelab Media Automation Series
A series wrap-up linking the complete Plex, Seerr, Tracearr, Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, SABnzbd, Tdarr, storage, GPU, reverse proxy, backup, and monitoring homelab guides. Rights and lawful use: Follow this series only for media you are permitted to obtain, organize, back up, transcode, and play. Request automation and indexer integration do not create permission to acquire, […]
How Seerr and Tracearr Fit Into a Plex, Arr, and Tdarr Homelab
A detailed architecture guide showing how Seerr request intake and Tracearr playback analytics complete a Plex, Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, SABnzbd, and Tdarr homelab workflow.
Tracearr Setup Guide: Real-Time Monitoring for Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby
A practical Tracearr guide for monitoring Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby streams with real-time sessions, playback analytics, account-sharing alerts, privacy-aware access, and source-based Ubuntu deployment.
Direct Play vs Transcoding: The Media Server Cheat Sheet
Diagnose why Plex or Jellyfin is transcoding, how to force more Direct Play, and when hardware acceleration is worth it.
Intel Quick Sync vs NVIDIA vs Intel Arc: Which Media Server Transcoder Should You Use?
For most home Plex and Jellyfin servers, modern Intel Quick Sync is the simplest and most efficient answer because it is built into many low-power CPUs. NVIDIA and Intel Arc make sense.
Plex in 2026: What Still Works Free
A practical guide to what Plex still does without Plex Pass, where Remote Watch Pass matters, and when free local streaming is enough.
Plex-to-Jellyfin Migration Weekend Guide
A low-risk weekend plan for moving from Plex to Jellyfin while preserving media paths, metadata, users, and rollback options.
Seerr Setup Guide: Media Requests for Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, Sonarr, and Radarr
A practical Seerr setup guide for adding a private media request layer to Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby while handing approved movies and shows to Radarr and Sonarr safely.
Monitoring and Health Checks for a Plex and Arr Homelab
Monitor the outcomes that keep a media stack useful: mounted storage, free space, successful imports, playable files, healthy queues, available transcode resources, current certificates, and restorable backups. Start with one daily report and a few actionable alerts before building a large dashboard. Rights and lawful use: Monitor only systems and media workflows you administer, and […]