2025-08-03, 01:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 2025-08-03, 01:45 PM by Craig52020180. Edited 3 times in total.)
Hey, fellow "Fin-ers". My name is Craig and I've been a Jellyfin user for less than a week but I am in love with it. A HUGE thanks to the team for building a platform that has brought fun back to our home's CD collection.
I am ripping to flac and storing them on a Windows 11 machine running JF portable. I fully networked our home years ago so much of the tech foundation was already in place. Our main enjoyment of our new library is through a Cat5 connected Roku Ultra running the JF app, and that feeds to a Marantz pre/processor, an Outlaw Audio amp, a pair of fully restored KEF Reference Series speakers, and HT.
Last night though we sat around the firepit and streamed from a Pixel running the JF app and listened on a portable bluetooth speaker. Though not the audiophile experience of our family room system it was absolutely a blast. We handed the the Pixel around and everyone had their turn playing DJ.
That's what it's supposed to be about, right? Enjoying our music.
I looked around a lot and even ran a trial of an alternative paid solution but Jellyfin was the only one that checked all the boxes :-)
Can leverage home audiophile setup? Done. Family can play on laptops via a user friendly app that is not a setup/support headache for me? Done. Can play on portable devices? Done. Can listen on the back patio? Done. Great metadata-read and "What's Playing Now" display on the flat screen? Done. Didn't cause me any setup headaches? DONE.
I'm sitting here on a Sunday morning listening to Carole King/Tapestry and continuing the ripping project :-) Haven't listened to that album in years.
Craig
I am ripping to flac and storing them on a Windows 11 machine running JF portable. I fully networked our home years ago so much of the tech foundation was already in place. Our main enjoyment of our new library is through a Cat5 connected Roku Ultra running the JF app, and that feeds to a Marantz pre/processor, an Outlaw Audio amp, a pair of fully restored KEF Reference Series speakers, and HT.
Last night though we sat around the firepit and streamed from a Pixel running the JF app and listened on a portable bluetooth speaker. Though not the audiophile experience of our family room system it was absolutely a blast. We handed the the Pixel around and everyone had their turn playing DJ.
That's what it's supposed to be about, right? Enjoying our music.
I looked around a lot and even ran a trial of an alternative paid solution but Jellyfin was the only one that checked all the boxes :-)
Can leverage home audiophile setup? Done. Family can play on laptops via a user friendly app that is not a setup/support headache for me? Done. Can play on portable devices? Done. Can listen on the back patio? Done. Great metadata-read and "What's Playing Now" display on the flat screen? Done. Didn't cause me any setup headaches? DONE.
I'm sitting here on a Sunday morning listening to Carole King/Tapestry and continuing the ripping project :-) Haven't listened to that album in years.
Craig