Hi self hosting community. I’m looking for recommendations for a VOD server, with some specific requirements:
- Ability to browse a folder structure on the server to pick the file to view. If a file is added to a folder, the server shouldn’t need to reindex
- HLS support.
- Adaptive bitrate on the fly transcoding would be great
- Some level of password protection or user management
- docker based is a plus
Plex / Emby / Jellyfin are all good, but I find to be too bloated.
I have toyed with nginx-vod using kaltura but it doesn’t support on the fly transcoding to lower bitrates (files need to be pre-transcoded)
Any thoughts from the community? Your help is much appreciated.
Yes, that’s pretty much it.