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So why not a machine with everything but the ripping part (being pre-installed)? Why must running a media server be such a chore when it's just TBs of movie fi

• aembleton 3y ago
  Because it's more than just some movie files. I think most media servers also have an operating system, software to transcode and serve the media files. You will also want a client to be able to read the served content and your server needs to stay up to date with the client.
  • account42 3y ago
    I think you misunderstood the parent post. No one is denying the complexity of a full-featured media server. The question is why there is no one providing a solution to manage that complexity for you (ideally by providing a pre-configured device) even if that couldn't legally include the ripping part of the workflow and you had to provide it with your own ripped media files.