If you have a big hard-drive or two lying around, it’s the easy choice. It benefits from open-source and has a free option which works well enough for most home use-cases. While FreeNAS and Synology have both been major players in the space for years, FreeNAS has emerged as a popular DIY choice. If you need a lot of storage space or redundancy, a more sophisticated NAS may be in order. You could just put an existing media collection on the NAS and catalog it with Plex.įor Network Attached Storage basics, see the DIY NAS. Catalog the media for viewing on any TV, computer or device in the house (with Plex).Store those files so anyone can access them (on the NAS drive).Record new TV shows and movies automatically and legally every night (with PlayOn).This multimedia server will do a few things:
However, you can also replace the FreeNAS bits with a DIY NAS. There are many ways to build a media server, but the FreeNAS Plex approach is cheap, easy, and great for viewing different forms of movies, TV, audio, and pictures.
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