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Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System

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Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System

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Post by nativeit »

austin-cheney wrote: post #128

I ridiculously love Jellyfin. I have found that if my Jellyfin box is IPv6 and I map a domain to that address, such as free DNS from Cloudflare, then I can access my personal media from anywhere on the internet. What I haven’t found is a way to restrict access to known devices, such as MAC address, so that big companies don’t sue me to death. Yes, I know Jellyfin has a login prompt, but I would prefer better security…

You could use TailScale or Zerotier, join all your devices to a private subnet, then use UFW on the Jellyfin server to deny all connections except those from your private subnet. Then all your devices in your Tailscale/Zerotier account can access one another from anywhere. Also works for shared folders in Windows, remote desktop, SSH, etc.. It's easy enough so that most enthusiasts can handle it without being 100% proficient in a Linux shell, VPNs, or firewalls. Should be lots of guides available with these ingredients.

Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System

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Post by behringer »

jchw wrote: post #106
foobiekr wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love jellyfin but their web model is just bizarre. Why on earth, when you go to 192.168.whatever:8096 does it ask you what server you want to connect to? Like.. THE ONE SERVING THE PAGE. Just now I decided to connect to Jellyfin over tailscale and it's asking me to add a server; on 100.xxx, which is the jellyfin server which served the UI. And it doesn't seem to want to accept any answer as to what the server URL i…

Just for what it's worth, I've never had that screen pop up on my Jellyfin instance. I'm just using the official OCI image with a pretty boring configuration. Maybe there's something weird going on? I don't think it's expected in the basic use case.

It may show up on first login. It should auto detect the server and offer that as an option to click on.

Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System

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Post by amatecha »

chadcmulligan wrote: post #28
RickHull wrote: post #6

My media center is a laptop with a broken screen, running Arch Linux and Kodi. Kodi has a web interface that you can stream to. Why might I want to add Jellyfin?

Thats a good idea for a damaged laptop, I often see those for sale for nothing

Yeah for quite a while I was using an old ThinkPad as a Valheim server lol, maybe not the most power-efficient, but not that bad either!

Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System

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Post by alabastervlog »

robotburrito wrote: post #21

I’ve tried a few times to use software like this but nothing for me competes with the simplicity of a shared file folder and VLC.

I tried Kodi a bunch of times. Nobody else in my house would/could use it. Half the time I’d end up stuck in some weird modal menu I couldn’t get out of, so I can hardly blame them. Its ui is really weird.

Jellyfin fixed that. Other people in my house use it easily, a friend uses the web ui over Tailscale, and my messing-with-tech versus watching-things ratio is finally looking good.

Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System

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Post by pygar »

sergiotapia wrote: post #2

What benefits are there compared to Emby? Been using it for quite some time and very curious! How is av1 support on jellyfin?

If you want to use hardware acceleration in Emby you have to pay for "Emby Premiere". Jellyfin, not having tiered versions, provides this for free.

This is obviously useful in general, but i rely on it to run a media server on my low-end minipc with Intel Quick Sync.

Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System

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Post by notatoad »

p1mrx wrote: post #40
Larrikin wrote: post #17

Jellyfin feels like its almost to where Plex was 5 years ago. They are catching up fairly quickly and I think I wouldn't bother with a Plex pass if I was coming in completely fresh. But it is not as good as Plex currently. I have a lifetime pass and there is no reason for me to switch. I personally am fine with Plex adding features, so long as they are not taking anything away. They've had a couple missteps but absol…

Plex uses cloud-based authentication, which means Plex Inc. is holding the keys to your library. I switched to JellyFin because I was not comfortable with that arrangement.

>holding the keys to your library

but it's still on my hard drive. if i can't log in to plex for some reason, i'll install jellyfin. or mount it as a network drive and play the files with VLC. it's not like they're locking away my content behind their authentication, all they're locking away behind that auth is my ability to access my media through plex.

Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System

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Post by judge2020 »

yegle wrote: post #34
apitman wrote: post #20

Fun fact: Jellyfin runs natively on Windows. Combined with something like Cloudflare Tunnel it's probably the easiest way to host a media server without needing to be a Linux admin.

Cloudflare Tunnel only works if you access it via a web browser right? I'd prefer using Tailscale so that I can also access it in their native apps on Android and Android TV.

Cloudflare Tunnel can be authenticated via other means like JWT, but that is definitely a non-starter since the apps don't support it. Tailscale would definitely be better.

Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System

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Post by thedanbob »

kelnos wrote: post #70
loughnane wrote: post #36

Lot's of criticism on here, but I love Jellyfin. I came from Plex a few years ago after their login server had an outage and I was unable to access the media that was on my local computer. Before that I'd been annoyed by them pushing TV shows and since then I've heard about them giving reports on what people have watched. All in all I'm happy. My setup is Jellyfin in a docker container running on a debian machine wit…

I love Jellyfin too, but there are a bunch of rough edges I run into often, like: Chromecast support is flaky. Most of the time when I cast from my Android phone, the app immediately "forgets" that there's something playing back on the Chromecast (even though it's still connected to it), so I can't control playback at all. It's also hit or miss if the Chromecast will successfully play the media if Jellyfin decides it…

> Chromecast support is flaky. Most of the time when I cast from my Android phone, the app immediately "forgets" that there's something playing back on the Chromecast (even though it's still connected to it), so I can't control playback at all. It's also hit or miss if the Chromecast will successfully play the media if Jellyfin decides it needs to transcode it.

This might be more the Chromecast's fault as I've had a similar experience with Plex.

Re: Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System

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Post by hapticmonkey »

lukevp wrote: post #7

Jellyfin is pretty good, and I've been using it in place of Plex for the last few years. However, I feel like there are some underlying limitations that I just can't get past: 1. the UI jank. The thumbnail tiles are slow to load, even on a local network. Searches and filters flicker as you type and take a while to return. Scrolling fast in the web UI gets choppy/laggy. 2. The native app (at least in the case of Apple…

Have you tried Infuse as the playback app on AppleTV?

It’s one of the few apps I’m happy to pay the subscription cost for. Well worth it for a well made AP.

Not trying to make this sound like an ad. It’s just a legit good app.

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