Also, you will need to do some preprocessing of your files before importing to immich. Something like this to fix the metadata. I can’t remember which one I used, because there are a few out there.

Well, you won’t like it. If you have very fast internet and a managed downloader, then you may be able to get all of the files. Google seems to throttle the speeds to make large takeouts almost impossible to download in the limited time allowed.

For this size of download, your best option is to get a subscription to a compatible service (Dropbox, etc.) To transfer the files, which will happen much more quickly than downloading yourself. Then download the files from that service at your leisure, and then cancel the service.

It’s pretty backwards, but it’s really the best option for large takeouts (over 5 gigs or so).

I’ve found radicale more stable in my implementation, but both are very good and are pretty similar to use.

If you already have NextCloud/OwnCloud it would be a good to use the Calendar that is already built in, but it doesn’t make sense to install those for a calendar when there are better options available.

I guess if they introduced it to mobile I might see a use case for it.

I set up mine through docker and it works great. I’ve switched from other CalDAV / CardDAV hosts and it really is the most stable and reliable.

I use a third party VPN without any issues (USA)

Okay, so don’t set up cameras in your house?

For everyone else: I’ve found on other forums that reolink can be set up without connecting to the manufacturer, and likely others. It’s relatively trivial for experienced users to insulate any given device from the internet while using HA.

The point of self hosting is that it all stays local.

What hardware setup do you need to implement POE?

Thank you for sharing these details! Very helpful.

Does that mean that you have two devices, one running frigate, and one with HA? Or is it all on one server? Is there any beginner’s guide for setting up the hardware and software needed?

One last comment on your edit: Tempo is great, and I used that as well, plus it’s open source. The symfonium dev is actually pretty cool about helping you work around Google if you want to buy it another way, but it has to be activated manually by the dev on each device. I just didn’t want the hassle.

I’d probably go with Tempo if I were still using navidrome since it’s open source.

I did this for a while, and only switched back to Jellyfin/Finamp while degoogling (needed for paid version). I thought it was definitely worth it while I was using it. I also listen to music on the TV and Jellyfin handles it better than other options I tried (including side-loading symfonium).

I currently use a separate music library manager on my server to organize my music collection, then Jellyfin just does the server work.

I think you’ll be very happy with the setup you are using.

What’s the story there? Anyone know why or is it just speculation?

I started off with calibre-web and Kavita, but transitioned to calibre-web only. I found that I have a lot of weird formats for comic books that are not handled well by regular comics hosting. If you have everything in standard CBR formats (etc), then you should have no issues.

I found Kavita and komga basically equivalent, but some people have said it makes a difference for manga series.

Calibre-web-automated is a different project with more features and more active development. I’d probably choose that if I were setting it up today.

This is a great platform, especially if you are just beginning in self-hosting. I don’t use it on my deployment “version 2.0” because I found it unnecessary once learning a little more about docker, etc. While I was using it, I loved it, and would definitely recommend it!

I found this: https://codeberg.org/mysearchhistory123/lms

LMS - Lightweight Music Server

LMS is a self-hosted music streaming software: access your music collection from anywhere using a web interface!

I also found this: https://codeberg.org/thororen/Feishin

Feishin

Rewrite of Sonixd.

Features:

• MPV player backend
• Web player backend
• Modern UI
• Scrobble playback to your server
• Smart playlist editor (Navidrome)
• Synchronized and unsynchronized lyrics support

Some elements of these are on github and I can’t attest to either. Neither has recent updates, but should function. Web interfaces and API support should mean that you have some mobile options. Like others, I object to your reasoning, but this is a community to help one another, so your reasoning for your goals doesn’t really matter to me.

I don’t think that you are likely to find any software that meets all of your requirements, but I hope this helps.

my Files look like this:

# /etc/systemd/system/restic-backup.service

[Unit]
Description=Generate a restic backup snapshot
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
WorkingDirectory=/
EnvironmentFile=/etc/restic-env
PassEnvironment=AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY RESTIC_REPOSITORY RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE
Environment=XDG_CACHE_HOME=/var/cache
ExecStart=/usr/bin/restic backup -r s3:https://s3.us-west-004.backblazeb2.com/XXXBUCKETNAMEXXX /home/XXXX /etc /media/XXXX/Storage --tag auto
ExecStart=/usr/bin/restic forget --prune --keep-hourly 6 --keep-daily 7 --keep-weekly 4 --keep-monthly 6 --tag auto
ExecStart=/usr/bin/restic check --read-data

Nice=19
IOSchedulingClass=best-effort 
IOSchedulingPriority=7
TimeoutSec=3600
Restart=no

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

# /etc/restic-env

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=004XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=K00XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
export RESTIC_REPOSITORY=s3:s3.us-west-004.backblazeb2.com
export RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE=/etc/restic-password

DEBUG_LOG=restic.log

I’m running the systemd commands from a root terminal and the permissions on restic-env and restic-password are 700

I don’t understand EnvironmentFile=%h/.config/restic-backup.conf - what is the %h/ part?

Yes, I’ve been running the two commands one after the other. I’m assuming that daemon-reload reloads the files into memory or whatever?