Obsidian/05.01 Computer setup/Jellyfin.md

Tag	Date	DocType	Hierarchy	TimeStamp	location	Product	CollapseMetaTable
Admin Computer Cloud Media	2022-08-31	Product	NonRoot			Type Link Value IT https://jellyfin.org/ Free	yes

Parent:: Storage and Syncing, Server Cloud

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Jellyfin

 

[!summary]+ Overview of jellyfin, an open-source media server, that enables to manage and play all types of media (video, audio, pictures) as well as stream live TV

 

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Characteristics

 

Criteria	Rating	Observation
Security	strong	Password, 2FA, self-hosted
Privacy	average	Self-hosted, open-source
Service Integration	strong	WebDAV + native Apps
User Exp	average	Easy-to-use service but syncing can be buggy
Pricing	cheap	Free

 

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Structure & usage

 

Jellyfin is an open-source project to offer a media server that can be easily Server Cloud. The project is therefore articulated around a server and a suite of clients for different platforms.

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Server

The server points towards file repositories within the server it is installed on but does not manage the upload phase. Server Cloud#Data transfer can do that.

It offers the following features:

1. Organisation of the media files (video, audio, pictures)
2. Generation of automatic lists (currently watching, next to watch, etc…)
3. Fetching metadata including covers and posters
4. Media players are embedded

 

Clients

Native clients exist for computers and phones. Other non-native clients exist for every platform.

 

iOS	Music: Finamp
Mac	All media: Jellyfin Media Player All media: Kodi

 

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Setup

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Jellyfin is quite user friendly and does not require much set-up. Mainly it is about ftp-ing or ssh-ing content into the server. Metadata and most screens populate automatically. The second main angle of setup is the admin panel.

 

Data Transfer

Please refer to the Server Cloud#Data transfer on rclone.

The media paths are sketched out below:

[!path] Movies

~/jellyfin/media/movies

 

[!path] TV Shows

~/jellyfin/media/tvshows

 

[!path] Music

~/jellyfin/media2/music

 

[!path] Pictures

~/jellyfin/media2/photos

 

Admin panel

The admin panel allows for two things:

• manage users
• Manage add-ons

On the latter, several add-ons are required to watch live TV or link to other platforms like Kodi.

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Pricing

 

Free to host

 

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Further steps

 

Loret ipsum

 

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Documentation

 

• Home | Documentation - Jellyfin Project