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Did you know the contacts to the head, preamp and the motor on regular spinning disks are not soldered nowadays? That's right, after some clever PLM engineering, companies decided NOT to do this. Why? It shortens the life span of the disk, thus, your disks die and you go and buy new ones.
Mitigation of this problem: Remove the controller board from the drive and solder (add solder) to all of the contacts that connect to something to the aluminium chassis of the disk.
I cannot afford a vpn what do you recommend?
Use ProtonVPN Free with direct downloads only (their P2P servers are paid). Check the megathread categories for links.
is it possible to easily setup a way for your jellyfin server to be used outside of your house? For instance, if I wanted to let my grandfather use it with the rokus from his house, or if I wanted to leave the server at my house and still use it from college, could this be done fairly easily without too much trouble?
Or would this be an issue legal wise or difficult to code/network somehow?
It's free for a limited number of personal devices. Add the jellyfin server to your tailscale network and it will receive a local ip. Add you grandfather's roku (or possibly router) to that same tailscale. You'll then be able to enter the Tailscale ip address of your jellyfin into the roku app to get access.
I don't have a roku, but use tailscale to access several home services while I'm out including a jellyfin instance. It is incredibly easy to setup and use, particularly if you are limited by complex router situations.
It’s possible, but without knowing how familiar you are with networking, it’s difficult.
I’m assuming your Jellyfin server is on your home network. If this is the case, it might not be worth it because you have a data cap.
Your home’s isp probably designated your connection a dynamic IP (changes every time your modem is rebooted and also periodically). You should be able to reach Jellyfin through this IP right now if your router is forwarding http requests to your Jellyfin server. For example, if Jellyfin is watching port 8080 for http requests you would need to set your router to port forward all requests on 8080 to the Jellyfin host
Since you have a dynamic ip this would not be a “set it and forget it” solution. There are ways around this, you’d need to research buying a domain name from a registrar (I’ve used porkbun) and setting up a ddns client that updates your ip with the registrar when it changes. I haven’t been able to figure this out yet (I just tinker with computers I don’t know what I am doing. I also have capped internet so I’m not interested in hosting my Jellyfin outside my home).
Also, setting up https is a good idea and is easier if you have a domain ( but you can do it without, I hear.)
Good luck
Edit: the other suggestions about setting up your network as a vpn and connecting that way is probably much easier. I went the domain route for some other stuff I was doing.
Yes it's a legal issue
Wireguard would be the ideal choice instead of old school vpn
Could also use tailscale as it's easier to set up