Is 10.8.11 still the best version for Synology NAS?

[cmberry20]

Hi, new member & jellyfin user here….I was wondering if anyone can help me with a couple of things with regards to Jellyfin installed on a Synology NAS (DS220+).

Firstly, a few months back, I originally installed Jellyfin onto my NAS using Container Manager. The YouTube guide which I followed used ver. 10.8.11 of Jellyfin because later on in the tutorial he mentioned that there was some kind of transcoding issue with new versions of Jellyfin when installed on Synology NAS’s. The video of the install tutorial can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFSiHvzu_xo&t=912s
The issue with regards to transcoding is at 15.05
So, I was wondering if anyone knows if this is still the case or if it’s ok to upgrade my installation of Jellyfin to the latest version?

Secondly, if it is ok to update Jellyfin, how to you go about doing so when it is installed on a Synology NAS within Container Manager? Currently, it doesn’t show that an update is available as during the image setup/installation I used a specific version of Jellyfin (as per guide) – ‘Image Name: Jellyfin/jellyfin:10.8.11’. I’m hoping this is fairly straightforward as I don’t want to delete or lose my current Jellyfin installation as I’ve now spent a good few hours setting it up & getting all the correct metadata for my videos.

Thanks in advance.

[TheDreadPirate]

The issue they mention is tone mapping. Not transcoding, in general. If you have no HDR content, or if your clients can direct play your HDR content, there is no concern with upgrading.

But plain SDR transcoding is still supported on the latest versions.

The reason Container Manager isn't saying there is an update is because you specified a version, 10.8.11. It will never prompt you to upgrade, or that there is even an upgrade available. Since Jellyfin doesn't phone home, you will not receive a prompt in that respect either.

If you changed "jellyfin/jellyfin:10.8.11" to "jellyfin/jellyfin:latest", Container Manager will periodically check for new images and pull them. But only when you restart the container.

We always recommend you backup your Jellyfin data. Wherever you mounted /config, make a copy of that folder before upgrading.

Because this is such a large version jump, it will take several minutes for Jellyfin to start up since it has to apply a boat load of database updates. Make sure you don't have any watchdogs that would kill the Jellyfin container if it takes too long to start up.

Be patient during that first startup.

[cmberry20]

Thanks for the reply TDP & for clearing everything up. Yeah, I suspected the reason why it wasnt updating was because it was locked to the version that was stipulated in the original setup code.
With regards to SDR & HDR, I dont think I have any HDR content but will check with Mediainfo to see what I've got.
Will probably attempt the update later on this week.
Ta.

[cmberry20]

I just wanted to check if I'm doing this right to update jellyfin with Container Manager on my Synology NAS....
(I've made a backup of the config files etc in case it all goes wrong!!)

Go to Container Manager
Select 'Project'
Click on 'jellyfin' (in my case this is the only thing listed)
Stop the container using the option on the right
Click on 'YAML Configurations'
edit "image: jellyfin/jellyfin:10.8.11" so it reads: "image: jellyfin/jellyfin:latest"
Click Save
On the next prompt select "Build and start the project (rebuild the image)"

And this should update jellyfin and (hopefully) retain all my settings & configurations?

Thanks in adavance.

Stop the project.

[TheDreadPirate]

Yes. Preferably you backup /config first.

[cmberry20]

Upgraded over the weekend, and all went very smoothly. Infact, it only took a few seconds to upgrade (~10) and was worried that something had gone wrong, but it all seems to be working so far without any issues. So thanks for the help, much appreciated.

btw, i now have two images of Jellyfin showing, one that is old 10.8.11 version (which is saying is 'unused') & the new one (latest version). I'm guessing its ok to delete the old image & it wont delete any vital settings etc?

Thanks.

[Efficient_Good_5784]

btw, i now have two images of Jellyfin showing, one that is old 10.8.11 version (which is saying is 'unused') & the new one (latest version). I'm guessing its ok to delete the old image & it wont delete any vital settings etc?

Yes, you can delete it. The Container Manager homepage even tells you it can remove unused images.

An image just contains the data needed to create a container. It doesn't contain anything else.

[cmberry20]

btw, i now have two images of Jellyfin showing, one that is old 10.8.11 version (which is saying is 'unused') & the new one (latest version). I'm guessing its ok to delete the old image & it wont delete any vital settings etc?

Yes, you can delete it. The Container Manager homepage even tells you it can remove unused images.

An image just contains the data needed to create a container. It doesn't contain anything else.

Cool, thanks for that.

The next task is to install Jellyfin on my Samsung Tizen TV - this is going to be fun!!