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Ive been wanting to make my own home media server for a bit now along with doing some other things, but how do i do it can i use any tech device as a media server, do i buy a bunch of dvds and digitize them. what exactly are the steps that need to be taken?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To add, running without portforward lowers the amount of discoverable peers quite a bit, which usually results in a much lower download speed.

[โ€“] linearchaos 2 points 1 year ago

yeah that's the why part of the friction