Plex
Move from Plex to Jellyfin Without Losing Your Rollback Path
Move from Plex to Jellyfin with a read-only parallel run, exact inventory steps, client acceptance checks, and restore and rollback gates before cutover.
Direct Play vs Transcoding in Plex and Jellyfin: What the Dashboard Proves
Use Plex or Jellyfin dashboard and log evidence to isolate container, codec, audio, subtitle, HDR, bitrate, client, and network playback triggers.
Quick Sync vs NVIDIA vs Intel Arc for Plex and Jellyfin Transcoding
Choose Quick Sync, NVIDIA, or Intel Arc from current codec support, driver and container fit, tone mapping, power, and measured concurrent demand.
Seerr Setup for Plex or Jellyfin, Sonarr, and Radarr
Deploy Seerr with Docker, connect Plex or Jellyfin to Sonarr and Radarr, separate requester rights from administration, and verify a recoverable request path.
Monitoring and Health Checks for a Plex and Arr Homelab
Build useful health checks for a Plex and Arr homelab: storage mounts, imports, transcoding capacity, certificates, backups, queues, and daily reports.
Back Up and Restore Jellyfin and the Media Automation Stack
Protect Jellyfin, Plex, Arr, SABnzbd, and Tdarr state with consistent encrypted backups, an explicit restore order, and an isolated recovery test.
Reverse Proxy for Media Apps: Nginx Proxy Manager, SSL, Access Lists, and Security
A safer way to publish media-app hostnames with Nginx Proxy Manager, SSL, access lists, private defaults, logging, patching, and recovery boundaries.
Plex + Tdarr GPU Strategy: Sharing NVIDIA GPUs Without Hurting Playback
Assess Plex and Tdarr GPU contention with a playback baseline, one-worker tests, and peak-hour limits; pause batch work when playback regresses and retain originals for recovery.
Radarr Import Lists That Do Not Fill Your Library With Junk
Control Radarr import lists with source tags, staged search behavior, root folders, quality profiles, and manual review before automation creates noise.
Custom Formats and Quality Profiles Explained for Radarr and Sonarr
Understand Radarr and Sonarr quality profiles, custom formats, minimum scores, upgrade behavior, language rules, and TRaSH-style scoring.