Media and Apps
Best Docker Media Apps to Run on a Home NAS
The self-hosted media apps I actually keep running on my NAS, what each one does, and why they earn their…
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docker
Media and Apps
Self-Hosting the Arr Stack on Unraid: Setup Guide
Get Sonarr, Radarr, and Prowlarr talking to each other and to Plex, with the shared paths that stop half your…
Media and Apps
How Watchtower Auto Updates NAS Containers
A plain-English look at what Watchtower actually does, how it pulls new container images, and when letting it run unattended…
Backup and Recovery
Back Up Docker Containers and Volumes on NAS
A container is disposable, but the data inside it is not. Here is how to protect volumes, compose files, and…
Media and Apps
QNAP Container Station: Update Docker Containers
Pull the latest image and rebuild your container in Container Station without wiping the config you spent an afternoon setting…
Media and Apps
Plex Won't Detect Hardware Transcoding: Checklist
Run through these seven checks in order and you will find the one thing stopping Plex from using your CPU's…
Media and Apps
NAS Apps Eating RAM: How to Find the Culprit
Track down the exact container draining your NAS memory, then cap it so swap thrash stops slowing everything to a…
Media and Apps
Setting Up Jellyfin in Docker on TrueNAS Scale
A start-to-finish walkthrough for running Jellyfin on TrueNAS Scale, from dataset mapping to smooth GPU-accelerated 4K playback.
Media and Apps
Plex Permission Errors on NAS Media Folders
When Plex scans your library and finds nothing, the drive is usually fine and the permissions are wrong. Here is…
Media and Apps
Docker Container Won't Start on Synology: Fixes
Turn a container stuck in an endless restart loop into a running app by reading exit codes, logs, and the…