

I run TA with success since many months. It’s fast and responsive, so I guess it’s an issue with your setup?
The metadata bridge to jellyfin alfo works pretty nice, I have no complaints…
You can check my notes at https://wiki.gardiol.org/doku.php?id=services%3Atubearchivist
But be advised I am on rootless podman with docker compose



Going the split DNS way is doable but had other issues (android devices bypassing local DNS for example or DNS over HTTPS issues)
I set up my opnSense to redorect all internal traffic to the external IP on port 443 to my internal server ip.
Works fine, it’s transparent, and doesn’t mess with DNS.