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RE: The Introductions thread - phantomwise - 2024-09-03
Hi!
I've just installed jellyfin a week ago and I'm still trying to figure out how it works, what I can do with it and what would work best for my use, so my setup is a bit of a mess.
I've been wanting a media server for a long time but I had never gotten around to doing it because setting up a server seems very intimidating when you haven't the faintest clue what you are doing, and learning to do stuff on Windows was such a massive pain for me, constantly having to fight my OS was so exhausting that I just didn't have the energy. I finally switched to linux almost a year ago (I still feel like my head is going to explode at any moment ^_^) but recently I've been bored due to tragically achieving a config I am mostly happy with (beware the bored arch user with too much time on her hands) so instead of one of the massively stupid projects I keep in mind for when I'm really bored, I thought I'd try something sensible first and to my utter amazement I got docker and jellyfin to work on my NAS.
Now I'm trying to figure out how to organize my collection for it to work well with jellyfin. It has a bit of everything : books, audio books, music, music videos, movies, series, etc.
I haven't managed to set up a remote access yet but I'm working on it. Not that it'd be any use with my crappy connection, but hey, that bastard OpenVPN started it and I can see that he's mocking me JUST YOU WAIT I'LL GET HIM >_<
RE: The Introductions thread - Fabrício Deuner - 2024-09-09
Hi everyone!
I run JF in my Windows 10 PC for some months now.
I run the server via the exe, streaming to the JF Media Player on this machine and to a TV and 2 phones in my LAN.
Simple setup with a lonely 4TB Seagate spinning rust!
I learned about JF in a Linus Tech Tips video, before that i was using Universal Media Server and VLC on my phones and TV.
its very nice to have such a powerfull toll completely free to use.
I espect to improve the management of my portuguese/english library.
RE: The Introductions thread - chris4474 - 2024-09-09
Hey,
I am Christophe. New to Jellyfin. Being a big fan of Kubernetes, I deployed Jellyfin for fun on a single node K8S cluster (one RPI5/8GB with 128GB NVME/SSD)
Here is the overall architecture of my deployment
- The Media libraries are NFS shares hosted on my Synology NAS
- The Jellyfin config folder is a directory on the PI's NVME/SSD.
- Jellyfin is deployed on Kubernetes (k3s) ; for now a single node cluster (the Pi5)
- Persistent volumes are defined for the media libraries and the config folder (see above). important: persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Retain)
- Internal access using the Traefik reverse proxy embedded in the Kubernetes distro
- External access: using the Synology reverse proxy + TLS termination (Synology DDNS+Lets'Encrypt wildcart cert)
I have to say I am impressed by the features of Jellyfin and the performance of the Pi5+NVMe/SSD. I will start transitioning away from Plex keeping the same architecture. This should be pretty easy because all my data is already on the NAS (no data movement)
RE: The Introductions thread - A30N - 2024-10-28
Greetings & Salutations!
I'm Aeon, & I started using Jellyfin several years ago after too many issues with my streaming subscriptions.
My Jellyfin server is a desktop tower that I rescued from the dumpster. The case was smashed on the side and front, but the inside was untouched. It did not boot due to a defective memory module; however that was easy to replace, as well as adding an internal drive for media and an external drive for backup. My "open air" media server has been chugging along for 2 years without any issue!
Up until now, It's been running Windows 10, however recently I decided to finally switch all my computers to linux. After much distro-hopping, I've settled on a Fedora-based distro called Ultramarine. I'm still learning the ins and outs of linux, however I couldn't be happier with my setup!
My goal is to become knowledgeable enough to help support jellyfin developement on fedora-based systems. It's high-time I give back to the open-source community on which I've depended on for so many years!
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RE: The Introductions thread - LivingLitch - 2024-11-12
Im here to branch out a bit and try a new project, via setting up a NAS to share my media with my family. I will mostly be asking questions. Not sure how long Ill be sticking around for. I understand how to build computers, its the software and setting up raids that will be fun to learn.
RE: The Introductions thread - DerBau - 2024-11-25
hello,
started last week with jellyfin, after being since 13year with XBMC and Plex
Synology DS 918+
Best regards
RE: The Introductions thread - txhammer68 - 2025-01-18
Howdy TxHammer from H-Town, long time movie collector, took a few years off, like a decade since streaming took off, but now back, hls streaming sites are cool!
Just found you guys, wow we have a come long way since xmbc/kodi. Jellyfin is a professional movie library app. great job! 5 stars, this app blows me away at the level of detail!
i just got a new tv for xmas and decided to give jellyfin a try. I tried kodi recently, but it would not work on my low end android tv, but jellyfin is great, not stuttering, or laggin ui, videos play great!
Before i used to use a mini pc connected to the hdtv with a wireless keyboard to play my videos, old school before smart tv's, I even built an app called blueboxx media, its no jellyfin but it did the job for me. It's nice to browse media collection w/ a remote instead of a kb.
Still getting the feel for jellyfin, here a few suggestions i would like to see
* Random movie collection on home screen
* New releases, not just recently added, show year released not date added to library, make as option in settings
An idea for jellyfin lite - plug in external usb media drive to back of hdtv, use jellyfin lite to read and index media/metadata
none of the extra features of jellyfin server just a metadata library ui to serve the media files...
Cheers everyone keep up the great work!
RE: The Introductions thread - Vast - 2025-01-20
Hello everyone!
This is my first posting in the forum. I come from many years using Plex Media Server in Windows and more recently in Linux (MX Linux and now TUXEDO OS). I've had the misfortune to install PMS at least four times since I changed over to Linux from Windows. It had nothing to do with PMS, but having to reinstall PMS or to install it on a new Linux system has been a headache on three of those four times. When I say headache, I literally mean headache. It took me many hours each time to get it installed. It was so complicated and I tried so many different possible solutions that in the end I couldn't understand how I had succeeded installing it. It was always about permissions. If you know Linux, then you can understand how difficult it can be to get programs to work with the right permissions. Support from the PMS community ranged from almost insults against me to one case where the person who was going to help me, from the other end of the World, was very keen to do so.
The most recent time when I had to install PMS was last week after a disastrous BIOS update. I spent three days trying to recover the GRUB menu which was lost and I finally had to reinstall all Linux programs. After four very frustrating hours I couldn't get PMS to see my media libraries. I dreaded going to the PMS community for help. My smart TV set isn't very smart, because it has always had a Plex app but it was only recently that the Jellyfin app became available on it. Therefore it's been convenient for me to use Plex with this TV. Also I recently started using an Android TV box and I noticed that Jellyfin is available on it, but of course it also has a Plex app and this is what I used. Given the problem with PMS not running properly on my PC, I quickly installed Jellyfin.
When I say quickly, I mean quickly, because it was very impressive how easily I got Jellyfin to work. The installation process was straightforward and the potential to improve it through plugins was immediately evident.
My first impressions of Jellyfin are very positive. It already does practically everything that I would want. The potential for customization with plugins, themes etc. and make it fit all my requirements is there. I just need to study the documentation and see other resources that are available.
P.S. Please don't misunderstand me. I don't mean to criticize PMS, but rather to emphasize how good if not better, Jellyfin is. Any shortcomings in installing PMS have to do with my lack of knowledge of Linux rather than PMS itself.
RE: The Introductions thread - rgstubbsjr - 2025-02-03
Hi. I'm Glenn.
I just recently built an Asustor AS6704T with 22tb(ish) in a Raid5 configuration.
When I'm not playing with computers, I fly small planes.
RE: The Introductions thread - znet - 2025-02-04
Hi there,
A regular jellyfin user, I promote it in my circle and share my server with friends and family.
Many thanks to all those who contribute to this great project!