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

In plain words

Uncompressed is a self-hosted media streaming system that delivers Blu-ray-quality video at 60 Mbps instead of Netflix's compressed 15 Mbps. Users request content through Overseerr on their phone, which appears ready to watch on Apple TV with hardware transcoding for mobile and full-quality playback on larger screens. The system automates content discovery and acquisition through Sonarr, Radarr, and Prowlarr, handles subtitles in multiple languages via Bazarr, and streams through Jellyfin with self-healing infrastructure and VPN-enforced security.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Open-source, self-healing media pipeline for Jellyfin, Sonarr, Radarr, and Overseerr. VPN-isolated qBittorrent, zero-trust networking via Tailscale, fully automated with Docker Compose. Serve Blu-ray remuxes at 60 Mbps.

Docker Compose reference config for a hardened arr stack. Jellyfin, Sonarr, Radarr, Seerr, qBittorrent inside Gluetun VPN namespace, Tailscale-only access via Traefik. Health checks, autoheal, network segmentation.

uncompressed is a hardened arr stack with VPN namespace isolation, Tailscale-only ingress, and self-healing containers. A Docker Compose config you can actually trust. Prereqs — Docker + Compose, a Tailscale account, ProtonVPN WireGuard keys, and a domain on Cloudflare DNS. # download & run the wizard (no git required) $ curl -L https://github.com/Lackoftactics/uncompressed/archive/main.tar.gz | tar xz $ cd uncompressed-main && ./setup.sh HEADS UP · Before ./setup.sh , have your proton_wg_private_key , Tailscale hostname, and Cloudflare API token ready. The wizard asks for them interactively. ◉ Seerr request / → Radarr searches / → Prowlarr indexers / → qBittorrent · VPN / → Bazarr…from uncompressed.media

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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…

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