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If anybody is interested: an old workstation/server costs about 100€, a 2TB external Hdd 50€, that's about all you need to self-host your Netflix.
to proceed flash a Linux distro of your choice (I recommend Debian 12 stable) follow a tutorial on YT on how to install it, it's very simple.
Download and configure jellyfin. Open the 8096/8099 port on your router.
If you live in a country where downloading "Linux ISOs" is frowned upon, be sure to use a VPN while downloading the latest Linux Mint release for your jellyfin server.
Load those fancy new kali Linux live CDs on your jellyfin servers, download clients for all your devices and enjoy!
Guides for everything I said can be found online, expecially on YouTube.
Just to add: jellyfin is free and open source: you know it does not spy on you and it does not build a profile on you to then sell your data to ad companies, a huge plus if you ask me.
if only jellyfin worked on the old hd apple tvs, videos just dont play for whatever reason
Does it give u an error like "media not supported by client" or something like that? If so - I'm not an expert- but you may need to enable video transcoding of smthing like that
nah it just has a black screen and wont play, no loading icon or anything. video says its being played from the admin panel, i googled it and other people are having issues with it, almost 2 months old and hasnt been fixed yet, luckily you can still play videos if you use infuse but that client isnt open source