ChusHuy

First, I'm a total noob so please bear with me guys. Thanks a lot, much love UwU I want a way to access my 696GB of Private Research Video, without needing to store them on each of my devices. also, I want to access them, both when I'm at home on the toilet and when out about somewhere on a public toilet. I have heard about Plex, but I'm a bit concern about my privacy, mostly because of my Private Research Video are well private, so I want to go DIY. which left me with FreeNAS, but it would seem it is much more complicated then I intended, so I want to ask the Forum first before starting. 1. All I have is my laptop, but I read that not every laptop is supported by FreeBSD which FreeNAS is based on, can this be a roadblock? Spec: 2. I have heard dual-booting with FreeNAS isn't recommended? what if I install FreeNAS on a separate HDD, would it help? 3. After installing FreeNAS, would I have access to the files if I just plug the laptop in the Router through the Ethernet port? or do I have to do some configurations? where can you get some tutorial? 4. Can I still use my laptop? I would still need to bring it to school here and there, so would disconnecting it once every week be OK? 5. How about getting a Raspberry Pi 4 and turn it into a NAS? 6. How can my phone access the files when not home? Can I connect to the drive through file explorer network feature and just access them normally, or do I have I get a separate app to play the files? (I want to keep using the Poweramp an Gallery) 9. I want to use the Media Player on PS4, so how can I get DLNA supported? Is there a different App on PS4 besides the Media Player? Again, thank you very much guys, all help is appreciated. Much love, hope everyone have nice day

First, I'm a total noob so please bear with me guys. Thanks a lot, much love UwU I want a way to access my 696GB of Private Research Video, without needing to store them on each of my devices. also, I want to access them, both when I'm at home on the toilet and when out about somewhere on a public toilet. I have heard about Plex, but I'm a bit concern about my privacy, mostly because of my Private Research Video are well private, so I want to go DIY. which left me with FreeNAS, but it would seem it is much more complicated then I intended, so I want to ask the Forum first before starting. 1. All I have is my laptop, but I read that not every laptop is supported by FreeBSD which FreeNAS is based on, can this be a roadblock? Spec: 2. I have heard dual-booting with FreeNAS isn't recommended? what if I install FreeNAS on a separate HDD, would it help? 3. After installing FreeNAS, would I have access to the files if I just plug the laptop in the Router through the Ethernet port? or do I have to do some configurations? where can you get some tutorial? 4. Can I still use my laptop? I would still need to bring it to school here and there, so would disconnecting it once every week be OK? 5. How about getting a Raspberry Pi 4 and turn it into a NAS? 6. How can my phone access the files when not home? Can I connect to the drive through file explorer network feature and just access them normally, or do I have I get a separate app to play the files? (I want to keep using the Poweramp an Gallery) 9. I want to use the Media Player on PS4, so how can I get DLNA supported? Is there a different App on PS4 besides the Media Player? Again, thank you very much guys, all help is appreciated. Much love, hope everyone have nice day