media server

A practical, Bash-first guide to building a private, local AI pipeline on Linux for Plex/Jellyfin or plain folders: install cross-distro tools, set up a Python venv, and use ffmpeg/mediainfo + SQLite to index; CLIP to auto-tag; Whisper to generate VTT subtitles; perceptual hashing to find near-duplicates; and inotify to auto-process new arrivals—CPU-friendly with optional GPU, plus tips and troubleshooting.