ULTIMATE Jellyfin Media Server Guide - Install, Setup, Libraries (PART 1)

[@NyneIX9]

So glad to see this. I feel like there's not enough KZbin coverage for this. I have mine running bare metal on my Raspberry Pi. It's been challenging for myself since I knew nothing about Linux, networking, reverse proxy, and just the basics of Jellyfin like organizing metadata. Took me a good four months to get this up and running the way I wanted, especially since remote access was important for me. There's a lot of info floating around, mostly written by people who has been doing IT for a while. That's why I'm proud of my server, because it was exhausting lol

[@jitessh]

Hey there! Can you help me with remote access? I would love to stream my media from outside my home network.

[@Yuriel1981]

Just setting up my Truesnas scale NAS. Been a challenge for sure. Thought I was tech savvy till I started messing with Linux lol. It has been amazing learning everything though. Mad respect on getting yours up and running by yourself.

[@NyneIX9]

@@jitessh were you able to do it?

[@NyneIX9]

@@Yuriel1981 thanks! I noticed the reddit community is more now towards newcomers. This kinda annoyed me at first like I missed out or something lol I know it's dumb, but overall I'm happy to see the lack of gatekeeping these days. There are always more ways to improve your Jellyfin server, whether it's through security, design, or convenience. I'm just now learning to use it by way of a docker-compose installation.

[@Ben_R4mZ]

nothing more satisfying than making something from scratch that also works the way you want.

[@Lyunpaw]

Damn This Guy Is Good. I LOVE the addition detail given to help users with installs (like the laptop lid-closed settings). Great Job.

[@baughhumbuglights8860]

I just built my home media server a couple weeks ago and was struggling to make this all work. However, today, after many repeated attempts and such, somehow Jellyfin finally started seeing my movie files and added them to the library (everything else was working great except Jellyfin would not see my files and directories). Thanks for a great tutorial and I finally learned something about Linux/Ubuntu in the process.

[@f4_b1]

Do you know why it worked for you? I have the same problem and it won't find my media folder no matter what I do. I tried changing the permissions and all that but still no luck.

[@slatanek]

@@f4_b1 Same here. And it's annoying AF cause the most answers online are of the "SuperUser" type - "It's just simple UNIX permission management". Then I do it. And check the permissions a dozen times and all seems to be good yet Jellyfin doesn't see my directories. And then ppl wonder why Linux is not as popular. Maybe it's because the community is not welcoming to newcomers and acts from a "high horse" position more often than necessary.

[@pinkflamingo8806]

@@f4_b1 Same here

[@officialecho99]

@@f4_b1 did you find a solution?

[@denismiron9137]

@@officialecho99 This is access rights issue, assuming you used FileZilla, right click your server username folder and give it all the permissions you can from the file attributes option. He actually shows this at 25:30s. Great tutorial.

[@paultidwell8799]

i very much so admire both open source and Libre respecting software (Freedom) and frankly the fact that Jellyfin takes a Plugin approach is indicative of respect for end user freedom. See I like Minimalist code and Both EMBY and PLEX it seems support a lot more by default than I might actually need them to so thanks.

[@jim7smith]

Excellent detail looking forward to part 2 which as I assume is already online since this is a year old. You earned a sub on this one.

[@SoulRollerFIN]

Good video. Jellyfin looks like a great alternative to Plex. I already got a lifetime Plex pass a few years ago and I've been super happy with it. But if I hadn't done that I'd probably be switching to Jellyfin.

[@Quettesh]

Don't bother, if you already have lifetime Plex pass, there are only minor things that Jellyfin does better. All major features Plex does better - for example about 20% of my media library was incorrectly identified, library scan took many times longer and the codes support is just worse. The only better thing in Jellyfin I can think off is better manual metadata editor, but the point of a media server is that it should handle it correctly in the first place automatically.

[@Castle009]

Plex pass works good with google drive?

[@Zekr0_]

To automount disks or partitions, you can use Gnome disks and go to edit mount options, there is a setting that allows you to do that so it will be more convinient and less effort.

[@phillippradoxyz]

He installed Jellyfin on Ubuntu server, so there are no gui tools available

[@czanderrr]

Been having trouble on Fedora Server with the library step around 15:00 that you clicked through no problem - no matter what I do with permissions, jellyfin can't seem to find any subfolders in Home, so I can't point it to any media folders that are saved there, whether it's Movie or TV folders I moved there or a drive I mounted there. Anyone ever run into this and have a solution?

[@27565]

Good video but you might want to make another one talking a bit more about adding libraries because that part at the top that says "For Linux on Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, or Ubuntu, you must grant the service user at least read access to your storage locations." this seems to also effect Linux Mint as well which is what I'm using it on. I have yet to figure out how to give the service user the permissions and there doesn't seem to be any guides on how that works even on Jellyfins website.

[@bubgerkirg]

Did you ever figure out a solution for this?

[@joestippel5462]

I am stuck as I cannot get access to the file location. I am sure it is a simple fix...@@bubgerkirg

[@jayantmarwaha9188]

Hey while creating libraries jellyfin isn't detecting liberary which i have made on my media sever how to solve isue

[@operius2385]

Hi, I would like to know what the gtk and icon theme is in this video. It looks very clean and calm!

[@marcc5768]

@ TechHut I looked at your tutorial for automount of the drive/folder. I am doing this on a newly created Deabian 12 server with casaOS on top. You are missing the Example for the fstab file entry under "Edit : Different Formatting"

[@dragonclaw88]

i love my jellyfin..i have 2085 movies and 8935 tv shows...and its still doing great so far..

[@jayl3840]

8900 different shows or 8900 episodes??

[@YISTECH]

@@jayl3840 clearly 8935 tv shows cause dude jas 2085 movies😂

[@dragonclaw88]

2400 ish movies now and 10614 episodes of shows.. ;-)

[@ben1techie]

Thanks for going into detail about the naming setups.

[@oblivionfan01]

Brandon, I am indebted to you. I've learned a lot from your channel in just a few days since I found it. I now have a Jellyfin server running on Ubuntu and I've learned a little about filezilla and sftp in the process. Thanks!!!

[@stephanieking4444]

So glad you've made a video about jellyfin. I want to set up a media server and jellyfin is my default choice. so great there is a tutorial to follow. I will use an Arch based distro for the supporting system, but, in this context, that's not a major difference from your setup. Now, I have several external HDDs with data to connect and I'm not sure whether to go for a NAS or not, seeing as I have never deployed a NAS install

[@MrSlm1982]

Name: Brandon... Super secure password... Brandon 😂

[@howling-wolf]

Since on the same server where I have installed my Emby, I also have a nextcloud instance, I just added an account there through which I now manage my media files. And that even though I installed both software in Docker. But some mounts and other trickery did the trick

[@RonVichar]

Interesting that you didn't need to assign permissions for your home folder to the jellyfin user. On Linux Mint even after assigning the appropriate permissions r+x to the folders it didn't work until I created a directory outside of the home folder. Good tutorial and tips.

[@whenwasnow6062]

not interesting. annoying more like it.

[@EdgardoFlores-nk1lb]

Hello I’m having problems finding the files, to add them to the libraries

[@BrendonToogood]

did everything on the page and got this error Unable to parse package file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jellyfin.sources (1) E: The list of sources could not be read. so now i give up

[@veroxsity2336]

i have 2 internal drives but the second one wont show what do i do

[@SuperHaunts]

I specifically wanted to know how to add Nas files, it doesn't seem to want to work with however I specify it. I know the files are there and readable, as if I add the location to my Debuntu desktop, I can click on it, and see the folders, click on a particular file, and it starts playing with the media player, but Jellyfin says the directory doesn't exist. Sigh...

[@marcc5768]

@SuperHaunts : I'm having a similar issue. I have Jellyfin on CasaOS ontop of Debian 12 server. I can't seem to get Jellyfin to find the media directories I have made. I can see the folder via a normal file manager like Nemo or Thunar under Linux Mint 21.3, Cinnamon and Xfce DE respectively. I can play video files back via the file manager method with VLC or Celluloid..but Jellyfin not yet.

[@SifuLukasWingTsun]

Great tutorial. After 5 minuts with plex, I switched to jellyfin. Everything works fine except of mounting shares from my nas. Has anybody a solution for this?

[@uuu12343]

Hi! I'm currently running jellyfin, and I realised that if I create a Playlist, the user can't access the Playlist unless they are granted all access to libraries Do you have any fixes for that?

[@S1eepers]

great tutorial. i installed Ubuntu server on an old lap top and installed jellyfin, but when trying to play an mkv video, i get "this client isn't compatible with the media" tried watching in Chrome and my pixel 6 pro, and my Android tv. any tips?

[@morebagels]

i followed this but when i got to 15:06 it wouldn't spot the new folders i created, even after i rebooted. it just doesn't show the folders that i can see definitely are there

[@tigeroats913]

I have been waiting for this

[@matiassantacruz5487]

Can someone please help me :( I cannot find any files that I add to my server inside the browser application. I think it has to do with the permissions, but not really sure how to fix it. Any help would be appreciated 😢

[@marcc5768]

@TechHut : Ran into another snag when setting up libraries...i created a few different folders, Movies, shows, anime movies and anime series. In the file manager under casaos it shows files and folders under each..but under jellyfin it lumps all the folders I made into Movies. So everything of the 4 folder and corresponding subfolders, jellyfin merged them all into Movies. Makes it really confusing. If I am unable to sort it all out..might just use Jellyfin for movie playback and a normal media player like VLC to playback of tv shows or anime series 😮‍💨

[@kbgagt]

any particular reason you're saying "dash" while typing a slash?

[@oldaccount7463]

Been using jellyfin over a year for my first media server. I recently started using emby to test it out and oh boy its going to be hard switching back. Hopefully one day jellyfins built in player will have better codec support. With emby, I had no issued playing any of my media without an external player.

[@speedracer123222]

I feel Jellyfin has many missing things and miss handled stuff like handling resolutions and bitrates. It’s done client sided and not by the file or server capabilities. People have had issues when using a high bitrate video and if couldn’t use the highest bitrate on a Ethernet connected device so it should of been 1:1 almost. I also feel codec support is important.

[@Destide]

I love jelly fin takes a bit of organisation on the meta data but once you've found a good method your good.

[@zauliuz]

Good video. I tried some media servers, but this one looks like what i wanted. there is some cons, for example movies naming, but overall it's very good thing :)

[@riccardoquarantini411]

Hi there! Great guide but when i digit "mount -a" i see this error "mount point does not exist". i followed every single second of your guide and i don't understand why i have such error! thanks

[@herbervonsant5125]

So, it only works for local network? not public? NOT acces from anywhere?

[@goodcitizen4587]

The docker version is really cool too.

[@ronnysrusten]

But, how do you use a network drive as a library? That is what I am struggling with, big time 🙂 I'm not a linux guy, so that might be the problem, but I haven't found a good guide to this. I guess it's not recommended either...

[@slumb3rx]

for some reasone it unable to see the file in the folders

[@McDinoh]

@TechHut - Great video. Going through step by step and everything is working. I have one point of confusion (so far). Is the Backup Folder on your personal machine and the place JF will pull from is the one that is in your folder in the home directory running the JF server? So 2 machines (1 backup and other copy of shows/movies)? Is that for data retention in case 1 machine goes down? I first thought they were both on the same machine and was trying to figure out why 2 copes and why you would use FileZilla instead of just a copy command. Just wanted to verify. BTW> Like you videos. Best part I like is when you go command by command and explain things and the pace is good. Have a great day and thanks for your help and work.

[@iliaskaleridis6616]

So how do you actually access the server from an outside network?

[@leadpoisoning_]

You have to SSH into the server. An example: if you create an AWS server and start an EC2 instance and use ubuntu 20.04 LTS you will have an ubuntu server hosted on AWS. At the end of the EC2 creation process there will be an option to create a .pem file that will hold a key that will allow you to SSH into the server. Once you are done creating the server open command prompt or terminal and type: ssh -i [FILE_NAME_HERE].pem ubuntu@[PUBLIC_IPV4_ADDRESS_HERE] from there you should be connected to the server and you will be able to execute commands within your server

[@sidneyking11]

How to share jellfin to a family member that is on a different network how to set up. thanks

[@bishop2121212121]

Hi, I was wondering if they’ll be a part 2?

[@MichielSingeling]

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[@Grimm_Holt]

When you make part 2 could you cover domains, certs and stuff like that? I have always had issues with certificates on jellyfin for some reason.

[@coldfire05]

Thought I found a solution to my issue that has been naggin on me all weekend, now into monday. It all started early Saturday morning when I thought this is the day that I will up grade my Linux Mint Cinnamon 19.3 to 21.1. I Moved over from Windows 3 years ago and loved Linux Mint, but now that it has reached the end of it's life I thought I would upgrade this weekend. All went great till I tried to get my Plex running, I got it installed OK but Plex sees the drives but not the files on them. I have about 17 internal SSD drives mostly 1TB. mounted on a few USB 3.1 with about 10 ports each, that are daisy chained into a 4 port USB 3.1. This is how I have had my library set up for Plex and it ran wonderfully..... untill the upgrade. I tried modifying the fstab file as you show in 21:00. I only tried one drive to see how things would work, but after I save the file and come out and run the sudo mount -a command, I get the following message "Mount is denied because the NTFS volume is already exclusively opened. The volume may be already mounted, or another software may use it which could be identified for example by the help of the 'fuser' command." I am new to Linux as I have mentioned and haven't a clue whats going to or what to do.... Here is a list of what I get when I run the sudo blkid command: anthony@Liandeb11:~$ sudo blkid /dev/nvme0n1p1: UUID="4275-B2A5" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="1af760f0-e97e-4086-ac5b-64094d3f01f6" /dev/nvme0n1p2: UUID="8cc86fd4-9905-40e0-87e8-0a0a494d27be" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="35101e55-c19f-43b3-b545-8dc3b9f77627" /dev/nvme0n1p3: UUID="95184e24-08e4-4a1d-a4f4-72e9503b0eb7" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="32ff838a-10ae-450e-9677-19109d777e43" /dev/sda: LABEL="Storage_1" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="3C66D22366D1DE28" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sdc1: BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="24EDE86C0FEECD10" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="acc5e693-01" /dev/sdb1: BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="1F709D486116AEDD" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="13ac0459-01" /dev/sdd: LABEL="SP_SSD1TB08" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="649D0DD469AD95BB" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sde: LABEL="SP_SSD1TB01" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="0BC5251576BF4EE6" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sdf1: LABEL="SanDiskSSD2" UUID="3A9B-2B05" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="exfat" PARTUUID="0119193b-01" /dev/sdg1: LABEL_FATBOOT="WDSSD500GB" LABEL="WDSSD500GB" UUID="AF64-86E8" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="44b1348f-01" /dev/sdh2: LABEL="SP1GB" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="42DEAB15DEAAFFF1" TYPE="ntfs" PARTLABEL="Basic data partition" PARTUUID="dbced5cc-e99d-40a3-8829-fc98fa828ee9" /dev/sdh1: PARTLABEL="Microsoft reserved partition" PARTUUID="5cb2b55d-5806-4cf9-9395-c0dd3cb61099" /dev/sdi1: LABEL="SP_SSD1TB" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="4146E3B048C5C4DC" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="51541196-01" /dev/sdj: LABEL="SP_SSD1TB02" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="1A5A01C95186372E" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sdk: LABEL="SP_SSD1TB10" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="52F857C4513480C8" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sdm: LABEL="SP_SSD1TB09" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="01038F417A848178" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sdl: LABEL="SP_SSD1TB04" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="2AEE399240AB38D3" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sdn: LABEL="SP_SSD1TB11" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="4398A7EB50E037FB" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sdo: LABEL="SP_SSD1TB05" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="2AD5B54B359D2097" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sdp: LABEL="SP_SSD1TB06" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="45476CE300C292F4" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sdq: LABEL="SP_SSD1TB07" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="61C1119A40FC44B0" TYPE="ntfs" I am using Debian 11 as after spending a weekend not getting anywhere , I was told by someone over at the PLEX forums to use another distro. I loaded Ubuntu, but didn't care for it, and kinda liked the Debian but it is different from Mint which I have really come to like. Any who, after doing many searches I came across Jellyfin and that other one. I got a deal on a lifetime Plex Pass a year ago and so I went with it. But I was really impressed with all I bee seeing about Jellyfin... At this point I don't care, just want to watch My Shtuff. I have over 1,300 movies and over 103 different shows. I have put a lot of work into it and have everything backed up, pity I can't watch anything till I get this figured out Seeing your video and how well you have it laid out and explained, I thought that felt like the right direction I needed to go.... I have even though of reinstalling Mint 19.3 as I had NOOO issues with it. Any and all constructive criticism is warmly received. TIA Anthony

[@MrVoice1]

Is it possible to build a distributed streaming media server and share it with like 500 houses?

[@meh8995]

bro at 13:00 i cant login can you help with figuring out my login details

[@kevinkevin-o4e]

What to do if the filezilla transfer goes very slow max 7mb sec. i cant never get good speed for my usb3.0 stick. i have the raspberrypi and pc connected with cables? also in the usb 3.0 port Connected on Ethernet at 1 Gbit

[@bobbusch7650]

Question...I have Jellyfin up and running. I have a little problem with movies on my iPhone. When I play my movie on my iPhone using the jellyfin app, the movie does not have any sound. How do I solve this problem?

[@candacea749]

Unfortunately I've followed your steps until I get to add the content to the Jellyfin Directory and it simply wont recognize the media folder inside the /home/username folder. I can access the folder and transfer files with FileZilla but JellyFin just won't see it. Any advice you might have please? Update: I figured out how to fix this. You have to change the folder to /media instead of /home/username. Jellyfin recognized the folders. I also had to change the permissions to 777 on the /media folder so I could FTP into it.

[@jdogmpd7369]

same here, did you figure this out?

[@candacea749]

@@jdogmpd7369 Yes! I had to change my library outside of the /home/myusername folder and move them into the /media folder. I then had to change permissions for the /media folder by using the following script: [sudo chown -R yourUser:jellyfin /media] in order to transfer my videos into it. Don't copy the brackets. Make sure you replace the username and this will change it to a admin level permissions for FTP. You can customize the folder to anything you like, but I chose /media. Everything works just fine now. The only issue I have now, i'm using an old laptop and when I close the lid, the laptop goes to sleep. I can't adjust it in the BIOS, its too simple, so I've tried to adjust the power settings in Ubuntu, however the changes I have made don't seem to be the right one, So I have to keep looking. Anyone have any insight?

[@candacea749]

​@@jdogmpd7369 Yes, I had to make a few changes. I changed the folder where JellyFin pointed to. Instead of the home/username folder, I accessed the /media folder instead. According to some forums, this was better so all users could access the content and not just your username. I also had to use a script to change the permissions on the /media folder for jellyfin with the following script: sudo chown -R yourUser:jellyfin /media. This changed the permissions so Jellyfin could access all files and I could also FTP into that folder with my /movies and /shows files structure. Now everything is working just fine! Hope this helps!

[@candacea749]

@@jdogmpd7369 Yes, but my comment keeps getting deleted.

[@marcc5768]

@candacea749 I ran into this issue as well, but instead of putting under the 'Media" folder I placed it under /mnt. So the server itself can see the folder I made, I can access the folder over the network from my Linux Mint machine, but Jellyfin does not see the folder I created under /mnt or even when I had it under /media. Still trying to figure it out.

[@joantheringo1192]

its possible create a music video library with youtube methadata information?

[@3sixtymining]

Which filezila are you using . Client of Server? Or does it matter?

[@c00l0ne]

How do you access your jellyfin server from work with iphone?

[@Stig84]

Could you do an updated version of this but include dashboards and everything you need to make jellyfin automated with how to download free movies like big buck bunny and all that?

[@TheJediBendu]

Nice, happy to see this series. Any reason you wouldn't want to run Jellyfin in a container (e.g. Docker)?

[@NickMoore]

If you have a dedicated machine just for a media server there is no reason to containerize it. If your server hosts a bunch of services containers are a nice way to keep them all separate from each other.

[@mgord9518]

I imagine it would be harder to add, rename, etc. files

[@Nobody2day553]

Can't use it with NAS folder directly, it still requires you to put a local folder.

[@Johan87577]

Can't you just use the curl script command instead? Maybe wasn't available when recorded the video.

[@AlaKernel]

is Kodi not in the same category with plex/plex/emby ?

[@fordonmekochgalenskaper5665]

The difference is that Kodi not need an server software, it read files directly from a nas or hard drive. And save the information locally if you have more than one player, Kodi isn't the best choice imo. But I like Kodi and use a plugin to connect to a plex server. Maybe there are a plugin for jellyfin to.

[@AlaKernel]

@@fordonmekochgalenskaper5665 what you consider negative in kodi ... what jellyfin can do and kodi can not do ?

[@fordonmekochgalenskaper5665]

@@AlaKernel it's harder to share the data base in Kodi, if you have Kodi on more than one device, every device has to scan library on it's own, with server based software like plex or jellyfin the server handles all the data and klients just read it.

[@roman9509]

how to install on ubuntu 21.10? it says jellyfin doesn't have a release file for impish...

[@mohamedfarhanal-subaey1670]

I install jellyfin on proxmox and I have 4TB WD My Cloud EX2 Ultra with a lof of move on it and I want to add WD My Cloud EX2 Ultra to jellyfin would you please help me on that? thanks

[@TheWilldrick]

IMPECABLE Timing, I was just thinking on adding emby/Jellyfin to my Pihole server

[@tahirotahir]

How we will play on our TV? No one is showing that.

[@E_Proxy]

as a total noob i setup jellyfin on casaos on an ubuntu server mini pc but cannot use my nas as a source for media no matter what i do

[@marcc5768]

I'm having a similar issue. I have Jellyfin on Casaos ontop of Debian 12 server. I can't seem to get Jellyfin to find the media directories I have made. I can see the folder via a normal file manager like Nemo or Thunar under Linux Mint 21.3, Cinnamon and Xfce DE respectively. I can play video files back via the file manager method..but Jellyfin not yet. Still trying to figure it out.

[@E_Proxy]

@@marcc5768 Ok, I'm still totally illiterate about it. But I don't have casaos anymore but I've tried it on a proxmox server (should be debian based too). The way i found to do it was installing nfs packages on jellyfin server (or the proxmox host, couldn't remember), enable NFS o the synology NAS, giving read/write permissions to the proxmox host and the jellyfin container in the settings tab ot the shared folder i wanted it to see ("media", "video", or anything you want to share) then mount the NFS on the host (if i remember correctly, or the container, or both). Then I was able to see the folder and populate libraries. Now it works like a charm. I hope it could be of help and I'm sorry if it was not a clear explanation, I really am a dum dum. That is the best I can do

[@northernmichiganwoodworkin3605]

thinking about switching from plex to jellyfin but have a question does jellyfin only recognize s01e01 or will also recognize 1x01 for tv shows

[@_mnejing]

I know this is a while back now, but I think it's worth pointing out. I don't use Jellyfin, but I use Emby. I also struggled mightily with getting metadata for TV shows to work properly. Anime is even worse, just a heads up. This doesn't really apply to movies because it has less work to do (Emby, and perhaps Jellyfin, don't have to do nearly as much work to figure out movies, as they're only considering one file). Once I sorted out the process (which, honestly, is just making sure directory structure looks good), adding new shows was trivial, and getting metadata for it became a breeze. My experience taught me one thing: folder structure is god. First things first, avoid going too deep with folder structure. Flatten it as much as possible. A couple of methods accomplish this, and imho, one of them is the standout. - You can just all episodes in to one folder. - You can put all seasons in to their own folders without any root folder. - You take that step, but also contain them within a folder for the name of the show. Let's say you're trying to sort out The Simpsons. Ideally, your folder layout should look like "\The Simpsons\Season xx\" Within, episodes can be named a few ways. The one mention in the video (just calling them SxxExx) is fine, but it's crap if you find yourself needing to work on the files outside of the server software. My personal preference for renaming (when I have to) is the default FileBot format (it's paid software, and I'm not shilling for them, but it's exceptionally good at getting metadata and renaming files correctly). The format looks like "Show Name - SSxEE - Episode Title.ext". It's still a flat name, and easy enough for your server to parse, but verbose enough that you can look at know exactly what it is. If each episode is in it's own folder ("\The Simpsons\Season xx\Episode 1\file.ext"), that's also fine. Long story short, the server scanners are good, but it's in your best interest to make it's job as easy as possible. Rename and pay a bit of attention to folder structure and EVERYTHING goes far smoother.

[@AndrewBernardin]

How do you find your host address so you can access your library on other devices? Plex just does this automatically but the UI for Jellyfin just seems so much better. I'm a bit lost and can't seem to find any tutorials on how to host for Jellyfin.

[@flemmingandersen5244]

I have problems with jellyfin Genres they dont shows up in there it say "Nothing here. Enable some metadata providers to pull genres from the internet."

[@mononobius]

Hi there Your videos are awesome What is the name of an application which you've installed for weather and has a notification on the top panel of your linux?

[@tsntana]

It looks so straightforward in the video. Everytime I try to connect with filezilla, I get, FATAL ERROR: Connection refused, Could not connect with server.

[@NETkoholik]

Choose SFTP instead of FTP as your protocol

[@chibuzorokenyi5267]

I really need ur guys on the one, please!! if it takes for example 10mb/s to connect an IPTV service to my media server[emby/jellyfin], will there be an additional bandwidth requirement between the server and the IPTV station if over 50,000 devices are streaming the various channels on my local network?

[@Brian.M]

This is great! Thank you for doing this. I've subscribed and I'm looking forward to seeing more 😎👍

[@harlan1186]

Every time i do echo i get no such file directory deb

[@Rvs56983]

Is there a way to backup Jellyfin if I ever there is a PC crash and need to reinstall it?

[@michaelcooper5490]

What are the file extensions for these media files because, I followed this but it is not seeing my files nor getting the metadata. Thank you.

[@dragonclaw88]

found out a little tip also.. if you want a portable jellyfin and still want trailers i just get the trailer off YT and put it in the same folder as the movie...so folder Avatar (2009) inside that Avatar (2009).mkv and also Avatar (2009) Trailer.mkv...seems to work when i have no internet...

[@djl5019]

I keep getting 'no valid OpenPGP data found' when trying to use the wget command.

[@toddhilliard3506]

Can you connect to server from outside and add files to jellyfin?

[@TismoGaming]

Where is link to Part 2?

[@Ppl2K23]

How to add season/Episode on jellyfin server for windows 10 user?

[@CozumelTy]

I like Jellyfin, but the library scan (At least on the Mac version I use) takes FOREVER to scan the movie library. Phew. Hours and pegs the CPU.

[@KyleRassweiler]

There must be some sort of issue with setup, I run my jellyfin baremetal on debian with ~65TB of media on a smb share (truenas) and it only takes minutes after the first ever scan.

[@CozumelTy]

@@KyleRassweiler Yeah I have the same problem (actually worse) on my Asustor NAS with Jellyfin. Emby and Plex work fine on the same machines.

[@inexplah]

I really enjoy watching hundreds of lines of terminal text scroll by without explanations. Thanks.

[@VincentWestberg]

This was an excellent tutorial. It was everything I needed I even went and watched your server install to make sure I was doing it correctly. Onto part 2 HP Stream in server room with external SSD setup and running beautifuly

[@knack6157]

Hey, I was wondering if there is a way to lock an app in Linux? Let's say I want to lock Joplin so, I can give my laptop access to my roommate without worrying.

[@bufanda]

Does Jellyfin just parse the filename just like Plex does. Damn I wish it would parse the metadata already in files. All my media files come with meta data.

[@ThylineTheGay]

There is a setting for it to prefer metadata

[@LLPOF]

What is a madadada?

[@ALVERMIC]

I have a Kali system (old laptop) I couldn't make Jellyfin server to stream movies, I installed the FFMPEG encoder but I couldn't find the right video to follow how to do it, PLEX on the other hand it's a server very easy to install

[@maxgunstone954]

I understand this stuff, but what I don't understand is where and how I would download all of these shows and movies??

[@marcc5768]

@maxgunstone954 ; you can either find a means to download the movies or shows, or you can rip the movies shows from your dvd/bluray discs.

[@Hemaon]

How to install Jellyfin client on lg tv webOs system?

[@extremepsykosis]

Have you tried streaming from jellyfin to bigscreen on oculus quest 2 by any chance? That's kind of my current goal :)

[@TheTommysbeast]

Hey why not use docker?

[@noobkillermaggie]

Where do you find and get media files? 😭

[@NickSteemans]

Would like to see how to set up Jellyfin on Nvidia Shield.

[@m14v81]

What do you have installed on your computer is it Linux (flavor) plus Ubuntu server or is the Ubuntu server installed on another machine? I'm so lost on this s. SOS 😁🙂

[@marcc5768]

I think he has Ubuntu server installed on a different machine, and Jellyfin is installed on that Ubuntu server

[@CraftyZA]

I realize this video is old. But running on a fresh 24.04 install, jellyfin web user might not have permissions to read content inside home folder. I will be creating a folder /home/content, and give it 644 access to the user running jellyfin.

[@kalfriesen5670]

I know this video was posted about 1 year ago. I'm having a hard time finding info on how to fix issues. I have an old laptop with an external drive, but my video is choppy streaming over my local network to my samsung a52. I'm running a newer wifi 6 router, and my laptop jellyfin server is connected to the router via ethernet. Any help/guidance solving this would be helpful.

[@kalfriesen5670]

Found your followup videos to this and I believe i found the solution, having the videos in the correct codec. (Update: this wasn't the issue, see my below comment)

[@kalfriesen5670]

Update, problem solved. I changed the default player to integrated. That was the only problem.

[@shetuamin]

Is there any way to install jellyfin in old Samsung smart TV?

[@jayl3840]

I have the jellyfin client on multiple TV's using firestick and roku jellyfin clients

[@djsandrocostaoficial]

My JellyFin wont show media files, any solution? Im using Zorin OS last version, thank you

[@marcc5768]

@djsandrocostaoficial : is Zorin OS compatible with Jellyfin?

[@SpiderSato]

The auto-mounting TechHut link is giving 404 page not found

[@TechHut]

Fixed, sorry. www.techhut.tv/auto-mount-drives-in-linux-fstab/

[@rectify2003]

Does anybody know what the new Repo URL is please, as this errors out

[@lukaandrejevic5100]

I installed it on pop_os home pc and it works, but cant add media library.. it doesn't show me anything in "home/myusername" and if i manually type the path, it gives me this error: The path could not be found. Please ensure the path is valid and try again.

[@marcusTeak]

Ever figure that out? I'm running into the same issue.

[@lukaandrejevic5100]

@@marcusTeak yes i did! whit one simple command, am not sure if it should be like this, meaby i gave permission to much more folders that it is necessary but it solved the problem, so if someone knows better, tell us.. the command is this: sudo chmod -R 755 /home/narutouzumaki and also i typed: sudo chmod -R 755 /home/narutouzumaki/movies but "narutouzumaki" is my username and that's the name of my folder, so you should put yours there instead of mine.. if you dont get it, tell me and i will explain better..