Raspberry Pi home media server
This project is a home media server built on a Raspberry Pi running headless Debian. It streams music and videos, stores game ROMs, and automatically standardizes file names, handling tagging and subtitles, all backed by a 6-drive enclosure filled with old HDDs. It is configured and customized through Claude with barely any hand-written code or commands.
What it addresses
The author had long struggled to make headway with Linux, frustrated by how obscure, inscrutable, and unintuitive TUIs and terminal commands are.
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Raspberry Pi home media server
This project is a home media server built on a Raspberry Pi running headless Debian. It streams music and videos, stores game ROMs, and automatically standardizes file names, handling tagging and subtitles, all backed by a 6-drive enclosure filled with old HDDs. It is configured and customized through Claude with barely any hand-written code or commands.
Problem: The author had long struggled to make headway with Linux, frustrated by how obscure, inscrutable, and unintuitive TUIs and terminal commands are.
Audience: personal-use
Posted by @mock-possum · Original comment ↗
“I’ve been working on setting up a home media server, using headless Debian on a pi - I’ve got it set up to stream music and videos, hold all my ROMs, I’ve got it automatically standardizing file names and handling tagging and subtitles - all attached to a big 6-drive enclosure that I just stuffed all my random old HDDs into.”