Building a Personal Media Library with OpenWRT and Emby

📺 Building a personal media library using OpenWRT and Emby.

📁 Mounting an Alibaba Cloud Drive using Rclone.

🔁 Using Docker Emby to manage media resources.

📁 Configure OpenWRT to mount Alibaba Cloud Drive as the root directory.

💻 Configure Rclone on OpenWRT to connect to Alibaba Cloud Drive.

🔧 Set up auto-start for Rclone on OpenWRT.

Setting up Rclone on OpenWRT to mount an Alibaba Cloud Drive to a VPS directory.

Configuring Rclone to automatically mount on startup and testing the successful mount.

Expanding the storage for Docker Emby by adding an additional hard drive.

📁 Mounting and formatting a 15G hard disk to the OpenWRT system.

🐋 Configuring Docker to use the mounted hard disk as its root directory.

🎬 Creating an Emby container and enabling hardware decoding using the mounted hard disk and an Alibaba Cloud storage.

📺 Using OpenWRT and Emby to create a private media library with features like automatic cloud storage mounting and hardware decoding support.

💻 Configuring Emby and setting up media libraries to organize movies and TV shows with metadata scraping options.

🌐 Recommendation to use ThemovieDB as the metadata scraper for comprehensive movie information.

🔧 OpenWRT and Emby can be used to create a personal media library at home.

🔽 It is recommended to enable video thumbnails for a powerful OpenWRT platform.

📺 Hardware decoding requires a subscription in the official version of Emby.

🎥 The video demonstrates how to build a private media library using OpenWRT and Emby.

📺 The demonstration shows how to add files to the library and play them using Infuse and KODI on different devices.

💽 The speaker highlights the limitations of using cloud storage solutions like Google Drive and praises the convenience and versatility of Emby.