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tutorials/media-manager/getting-started.md

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+# Prerequisites
+
+Before beginning the Media Manager setup, ensure that your system — whether it is a **fully configured and networked Raspberry Pi** or any other **Linux-based OS** — meets the minimum preparation requirements. Although this guide uses a Raspberry Pi as the reference environment, the setup works on almost any Linux host with minimal or no modification.
+
+---
+
+## Recommended System Requirements
+
+* Raspberry Pi 4 / 5 (4GB or 8GB recommended), or any Linux server/VM
+* 64-bit OS
+* Minimum 32GB storage
+* External HDD/SSD for media storage
+* Stable network connection (Ethernet recommended)
+
+---
+
+## What Should Already Be Set Up
+
+### 1. Raspberry Pi flashed and booted
+
+Your system should already have:
+
+* Raspberry Pi OS / Ubuntu Server installed
+* First boot completed
+* System updated:
+
+  ```bash
+  sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
+  ```
+
+### 2. Network configuration
+
+You should have:
+
+* Working network access
+* Static IP or DHCP reservation
+* SSH enabled (recommended):
+
+  ```bash
+  sudo systemctl enable ssh --now
+  ```
+
+### 3. Storage connected and mounted
+
+If using external HDD/SSD:
+
+* Drives physically connected
+* File systems recognized
+* Drives mounted persistently via `/etc/fstab`, or prepared for mounting in the Setup Mount Points step
+
+### 4. System time and timezone configured
+
+```bash
+sudo timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Kolkata
+```
+
+### 5. Basic Linux familiarity
+
+You should be comfortable with:
+
+* Navigating directories
+* Editing files using nano or vim
+* Running commands via SSH
+
+---
+
+## Optional but Recommended
+
+### Enable UFW Firewall
+
+```bash
+sudo apt install ufw
+sudo ufw enable
+sudo ufw allow ssh
+```
+
+### Set a hostname
+
+```bash
+sudo hostnamectl set-hostname media-manager
+```
+
+### Hardware acceleration for Plex (optional)
+
+Raspberry Pi users may enable VAAPI/V4L2 for improved transcoding.
+
+---
+
+## Next Step
+
+Proceed to **[Overview](steps/overview.md)** once the above setup is complete.