In general that might be a recipe for better living 99.9% of the time, yet for the paranoid it remains a hard art to master!

I didn't know about this, this sounds great! My question then is, can I still access jellyfin on LAN after it connects to the internet via the VPN?

Thanks. Question is: how can one know the security practices behind the scenes? I guess it's a matter of trust and luck after all!

Thanks, still some apparently major ones require it, might be the case that I need to keep looking for alternatives.

count me in! i'll Take the L

How can I actually avoid the transcoding?

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind! On the side note, why do you say Jackett dev has stopped? The last release on github is 16h ago. Also, I am still a bit old fashioned here, and haven't entered the *rr world yet!

Will HDR work as well with Plex/Jellyfin? TV does support that reading files directly off the NAS, but I agree it is high maintenance

Yes but then I wouldn't be interacting with Jellyfin and wouldn't have the Netflix-like interface, right?