
These are truly the great debates of our time. However, a properly curated, open-source site with first class search and some kind of structure was the way forward. This year though it occurred to me that yet another blog post on it's own might not be that useful. Perfect Media Server (2019 Edition) - Boring is reliable and adding ZFS to the mix.Perfect Media Server (2017 Edition) - From scratch installation with extensive video guides.Perfect Media Server (2016 Edition) - The Original Solution.You can find the previous incarnations of PMS below: Several times a month I get contacted asking if PMS is still relevant in 2020 and the answer is yes! Absolutely, yes. I know that things are very stable and reliable for many of you too because you find me and tell me via Discord or Twitter. But that doesn't make for such great content. However, I find that this entire system is so reliable that each year when it comes to write the post I find myself thinking "OK, it still just works. I don't know about you but the stay home orders have meant I've had more time to tinker and perfect things than ever before. I do this regularly on the Self-Hosted podcast anyway so why not bring the highlights to the fore each year.Īnd now, on with the blog post. Also on the agenda will be discussing the general state of Self-Hosting too. These blogs posts will now serve as an annual opinion piece on the state of the Perfect Media Server solution and chronicle any major changes that occurred throughout the year. So what does this mean for the annual blog posts? Great question! The site has a lot of the fundamentals completed but expect to see some work in progress labels here and there - they'll disappear over the next few weeks. It represents 100's of hours worth of work and aims to lower the barrier of entry for some of you to building your own PMS and to help spread the good word about Free and Open-Source Software. The new site is a wiki and will guide new and experienced users through the process of selecting the software and hardware to build a Perfect Media Server of their own. The 5th anniversary of the series is in February and to celebrate I have prepared a complete overhaul of the material and would like to present a brand new home both for the blog posts (this blog) and. Squeakin' in at the finish line of 2020, Perfect Media Server is back!
