Jellyfin login

[Alcide s]

i run jellyfin on my pc and that is my "media server" right now.  just bought a nas and will install jellyfin on there, move my movies and tv shows to the nas.  Can i use my current jellyfin account and login jellyfin on the nas and just change locations of my movie and tv folders from my computer to the nas?

[bitmap]

That answer is complicated and, while probably yes, is more actually represented as it depends on how much effort and research you're willing to put in. Depending on the OS of your computer and the OS on the NAS, the file systems could be different. You would have to figure out how to migrate the files from one type of Jellyfin install to another. Tools exist for a specific type of migration that somebody built, but not for all of them.

Not to mention that if you bought a commercial NAS product, the OS behind the scenes is probably "locked down" and permissions can be a bit tricky. You have a little less control there. My take? It's probably easier, unless you're REALLY attached to your user data, to document your settings, learn the new ecosystem, and set it up fresh. You're bound to run into weird stuff if you migrate from one to another. If it's Linux to Linux, great. Windows to what is essentially Linux docker-compose behind the Synology framework? Probably going to be tough.

[Dex Luther]

A fresh install is probably better since you'll run into less issues overall.

If you're worried about keeping watch progress, etc then I would suggest:

1. install the Trakt plugin and set it up. 
   
2. Then go into Scheduled tasks.
   
3. You'll probably want to disable or delete the "Import from Trakt" to prevent it from accidentally going on and messing stuff up.
   
4. Run the "Export to Trakt" task manually. It might take a while to complete.
   

1. Then set up your NAS and move over your media. Make sure Jellyfin sees everything properly. 
   
2. Install the trakt plugin on your new instance. Setting it up with the same account you used before. 
   
3. In scheduled tasks disable the "Export to Trakt" task so it doesn't go off.
   
4. Run the "Import from Trakt" task. It might take a bit for it to complete.
   

Your watch progress should the the same or very close to what it was on your old instance. Once done, you can uninstall the plugin or set the "Export to Trakt" task as desired to update your playback progress since Trakt does have some nice watch statistics that you may or may no be interested in.

Disclaimer:

• Some content may not exist on Trakt, so obviously your play progress will not be backed up.
  
• If you have multiple users on your Jellyfin, you may have to follow the set up steps for each of them on both instances (the old and new). I have no experience with this though, so I don't know if it's actually possible.