Jellyfin on Roku

[RMikeS]

"localhost" is not a valid address for the clients to use.  Localhost is a self-reference address.

If you are not able to connect with the server's LAN IP, which is not sensitive so you don't need to censor it, then that usually indicates that Jellyfin is not allowed through your firewall.

You should have seen a prompt during the install to allow Jellyfin through the Windows firewall.  If you saw it and allowed it, but still can't access Jellyfin from external hosts, you need to ensure that your NIC is set to private.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/wind...%20private

This was an interesting problem. Somehow, even though I set my network to Private, when I checked it, it was set to Public. I have NO IDEA how that happened. I did notice that my Mozilla VPN is set for Public. Again, not sure how this happened, but I am thinking it had to do with an update to the VPN. . 

As for the "Localhost" thing, I doubted it was correct, but that was pulled from the address bar when Jellyfin is running, but the URL wasn't getting me anywhere.

I now have a different problem. I type in my user name and password exactly as I enter it to logon to Jellyfin server and I get a LOGIN FAILED message on the Roku. I've been working with computers since before PCs were available in homes (I started with a TI 99/4A) doing programming, spreadsheets, databases, and other fun things. THIS is making me feel like a total newbie! I have no doubt that it is the Roku end that is troublesome...

I'll figure out the login/password stuff on my own. It has to be some STUPID little thing, and the Roku device is a completely unintelligent device, so it's fitting that I'm having difficulties with this.

Thanks for your help. Have a great day,
Mike

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Try http://XXX.XXX.1.3:8096

Your example shows that you used http:// in front of localhost, but not when you tried XXX.XXX.1.3:8096

It isn't necessary when providing an IP address, but little things like that are often the culprits.

Thanks for your response,
Mike.