Emby Community Spotlight – Volume 4
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In this installment of our Emby Community Spotlight series, we're highlighting three new users with completely different builds. One leverages serious archival storage and years of media curation; another keeps things lean and affordable; and a third takes a no-nonsense approach with hand-me-down hardware.
Each setup proves that no matter your budget or complexity, Emby can be tailored to fit your needs!
User 1: 3.3 Million Entries, 400TB of Storage, and a Custom-Tuned Library
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OS: Windows Server 2025
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CPU: Intel i7-7700
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RAM: 48GB
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GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1660 (transcoding)
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Storage:
64GB NVMe (OS)
500GB NVMe (cache & image storage)
50TB local RAID (primary library)
Four Synology NAS units (~400TB raw capacity)
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Transcode Cache: SATA SSDs in RAID 0
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Media:
Films by decade
TV series split into "Running" and "Archived" libraries
Separate volumes for music, audiobooks, ebooks, photos, YouTube downloads
Comic book library (50TB) stored on a separate Emby instance
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Clients:
Nvidia Shield TV
Nokia Box 8000
Apple TV 4
Multiple Smart TVs (LG & Samsung)
Android beamers
iPhones, iPads, Android phones & tablets across multiple countries
“It’s an old daily driver turned into a serious media server. While the hardware isn’t groundbreaking, the organization and volume of media make this setup incredibly rewarding to use.”
User 2: A Low-Cost, Low-Fuss Setup That Gets the Job Done
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Server: OrangePi 5+
256GB eMMC
8-core CPU
16GB RAM
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Storage: Synology DS224+ with 2x8TB WD Red
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Other Infrastructure:
System76 Meerkat (handles web/misc services)
Ubiquiti UCG Ultra router
External backup drive
Clients:
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Android phones (various Pixel models)
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Android tablet
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Roku
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Chromecast
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Web browsers
“It’s small, cheap, and reliable. For a household setup, it works beautifully without drawing much power”
User 3: Old PC, New Life
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OS: (Windows 11 Pro)
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CPU: Intel i5-9400 (Quick Sync for transcoding)
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RAM: 32GB DDR4
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Storage:
10TB Toshiba N300
4TB WD Red (2019)
3TB WD Red (2016, pending replacement)
1TB WD770 NVMe
1TB Kingston NVMe (used for cache and transcoding)
Clients:
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TCL 4K Android TV
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LG 4K webOS
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Android phones and tablets
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Roku
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Xbox Series X
“It’s a simple build using my old PC, and it runs Emby without issue. I’m toying with the idea of upgrading soon, but for now, it just works.”
Want to Share Your Emby Setup?
From server racks to single-board computers, the Emby community is full of creative solutions. If you’re running Emby on something interesting, or even something ordinary, and want to be featured in a future spotlight, join the Emby Community Forums and share your setup.
You might see your system in Volume 5!
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