I see, but there are alternatives, right?

Does port forwarding really matter if you have symmetrical fiber?

Especially if you have simmetrical speeds for upload and download

Depends, does it have a gpu? What OS do you use? Do you want to run it in docker or are you ok with just installing the server app?

What OS are you using?

I set up Jellyfin, it was easy but I’m only allowing local network access

Yeah, this is me. I refuse to get into work related hobbies, I just don’t want to get burned out