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:
```
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
```

2. Network configuration

You should have:

Working network access
Static IP or DHCP reservation
SSH enabled (recommended):
```
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

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

sudo apt install ufw
sudo ufw enable
sudo ufw allow ssh

Set a hostname

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 once the above setup is complete.

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