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Uncompressed – Self-hosted Netflix alternative at 60 Mbps instead of 15

Uncompressed – Self-hosted Netflix alternative at 60 Mbps instead of 15

by lackoftactics·Apr 4, 2026·11 points·0 comments

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Gluetun namespace isolation beats firewall rules for leak-proof torrenting.

Strengths
  • Kernel-level network namespace isolation prevents VPN leaks without firewall config.
  • Dependency ordering and health checks prevent cascading container failures.
  • Tailscale-only binding means zero ports face the public internet.
Weaknesses
  • Orchestrates well-known tools (arr-stack, Jellyfin) with no novel underlying tech.
  • Apple TV / Infuse focus limits cross-platform appeal.
Category
Target Audience

Self-hosting enthusiasts, home media server builders

Similar To

Plex · Jellyfin · Tailscale

Post Description

Netflix compresses 4K to 15 Mbps. A Blu-ray remux is 60 Mbps. Dark scenes, fast motion, grain. That's where you see it.

I wanted my family to have Blu-ray quality with a streaming UX. They open Overseerr on their phone, request a movie, and it shows up in Infuse on Apple TV. Subtitles in three languages, hardware transcoding for mobile, full remux on the big screen. They have no idea what's behind it.

What's behind it: Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr find and grab content. qBittorrent downloads through a WireGuard tunnel. Bazarr pulls subtitles. Jellyfin serves it all. Everything self-heals — endpoint health checks, autoheal restarts, dependency ordering so nothing starts in a broken state.

The security model is the part I obsessed over:

- qBittorrent shares Gluetun's network namespace at the kernel level. No firewall rule to misconfigure — if the VPN drops, there's no network path. - Traefik binds to a Tailscale IP only. Zero ports face the internet. - Three isolated Docker networks separate ingress, internal, and P2P traffic.

Two Compose stacks, one .env file, MIT licensed.

https://github.com/Lackoftactics/uncompressed

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