Self-Host Your Retro Library! Full ROMM Docker Setup + AYN Odin/Thor Demo

In this video, I walk you through setting up ROMM using Docker, turning your NAS or home server into a fully self-hosted retro gaming library. We’ll cover the full installation process step-by-step, from getting ROMM up and running to organising your ROM collection and accessing your library through a clean, modern interface. Once everything’s set up, I jump over to the AYN Thor / Odin to show how well it works in a real-world setup — browsing, launching, and playing your games directly from your own server. If you’ve ever wanted your own Netflix-style retro gaming library, this is the way to do it. ⏱️ Timestamps 00:00:00 – Intro 00:00:58 – What is RomM? 00:03:49 – Docker Setup 00:27:40 – Launching RomM 00:33:06 – RomM Overview 00:45:15 – Argosy Launcher 00:50:53 – R-Shop 00:54:38 – Outro 🔧 What You’ll Learn How to install ROMM with Docker Setting up your ROM directories and metadata Accessing your library locally and remotely Using ROMM with handhelds like the AYN Odin / Thor Building a clean, scalable retro gaming setup 💡 Perfect For NAS users (Synology, Unraid, etc.) Retro gaming enthusiasts Self-hosting beginners AYN Odin / Thor users 🚀 Links & Resources ROMM: https://romm.app/ R-Shop: https://averageconsumer.github.io/R-Shop/ 🎮 Welcome to RetroPup — your go-to channel for handheld gaming, emulation, and getting the absolute most out of your hardware. Whether you're deep into retro classics or exploring the latest Android handhelds, you'll find in-depth guides, setup tutorials, and honest walkthroughs right here. From the classics to the cutting edge — let's get retro! 🐾 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ☕ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Every coffee keeps the videos coming — thank you! 🙏 → Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/retropup84752 → Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/retropupz ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 FOLLOW & CONNECT → Discord: https://discord.gg/Hj6Qr2CwfD → X/Twitter: https://x.com/ItsRetroPup → Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/itsretropup.bsky.social ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━