I created this guide on how to install Jellyfin as a Podman Quadlet on your server. Enjoy.

I have a series in jellyfin. The first seasons are dubbed german, the later seasons are only in the original dub. Is it possible to force two separate entries for this season (e.g. "Example Series (German)" - containing Seasons 1-3 and "Example Series (English)" containing Seasons 4-6)? Problem is, that not all users that have access to this library are fluent in English and I want to avoid that they think this series is available in full only to switch the language halfway through...

Or is there another way to do/indicate something like this?

I know I could just tell them, but will they remember that in a few months?

Swiftfin doesn't do audio for some reason and VLC doesn't reliably recognize UPmP.

Hello all!

This is my first time doing anything like this so I’m sure it’s some basic technical thing I’m missing but I’m having trouble with this.

I have my server running on Linux mint and I can get that to work just fine but no matter what I do I cannot connect to the server from the Jellyfin app or swiftfin what’s the most likely cause of this and how can I fix it?

To all the music geeks out there: I'm currently putting together a small statistics tool for #beets. What would be interesting stats about your perfectly curated music library?

https://beets.io/

#Jellyfin #SelfHosted
@jellyfin @selfhosted @beets

Hi folks,

I'm in the process of setting up Jellyfin. The basic setup is easy enough (I'm using docker compose), but I can't make it recognize tv shows properly. The metadata lookup works for movies, though.

For tv shows, it returns a (seemingly) random tv show and assigns it to all tv shows in my library. So I end up with many instances of the same show in the UI. If I change the metadata source from TheMovieDB to TheTVDB I end up with a different show, but with the same result: Every show in my library is assigned to the same invalid metadata.

I can select shows and manually identify it, but that's really cumbersome for a big libary.

If also tried the same with Emby and I don't get the same error there.

I've also tried to but a tvshow.nfo file into folders to help the lookup, but it doesn't seem to be recognized at all.

I know I can put metadata on the folder name of a series (like the show id of themoviedb), but I really don't want to do this, as I have another mediaserver server (Kodi) the same library to my Smart-TV. It would mess up that libary - also: Emby seems to be able to do the lookup correctly, so why wouldn't Jellyfin?

I know about this page: https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/shows/

My library is mostly structured this way:

Show_name/
Show_name/S01 
Show_name/S01/S01E01.mkv

(I don't think the "S01" part is the problem, I tried to rename to "Season 1" without success)

Any ideas what could be the problem here?

Using the android client app and I tried to connect to my new server (first time setup). When I tap "Choose server" I can see the server name and local IP (192.168.0.5). When I tap on it, it won't connect. What am I probably doing wrong?

Edit: the app uses a default address, although it identifies the name of the server I set up. I checked the WiFi settings on the machine and the server is 192.168.1.60. I used this and it worked immediately.

Thanks for the help! I was able to eliminate some things, and learned some important things.

Official forum announcement

Jellyfin Server

General Changes

• Fix subtitle and attachment extraction when input path contains quotes [PR #12575], by @dmitrylyzo
• Use filtered codecs to build appliedConditions [PR #12562], by @nyanmisaka
• Fix alt version name generation [PR #12558], by @Bond-009
• Create and use FormattingStreamWriter [PR #12550], by @Bond-009
• Fix CodecProfiles and video encoder profiles [PR #12521], by @nyanmisaka
• Don't apply chapter image settings to music [PR #12531], by @gnattu

Jellyfin Web

Enhancements

• Show slideshow controls when touched [PR #6016], by @tcely
• Hide studios for collections and playlists [PR #6012], by @thornbill
• Fix overly strict dovi level testing [PR #5983], by @nyanmisaka
• Apply Maximum Allowed Audio Channels to DirectPlay [PR #5972], by @dmitrylyzo

General Changes

• Fix autocast when already connected [PR #6013], by @thornbill
• Fix touch events in experimental video player [PR #6015], by @thornbill
• Fix network mode for localhost server [PR #6011], by @thornbill
• Fix create library crashing when no path specified [PR #6010], by @jwaresoft
• Fix play all & shuffle not working on genres [PR #5949], by @viown

So I am finally going to get around to setting up a dedicated media server with network storage and all that. I have previously read up and decided on this Beelink Mini S12 PC. But I have heard about lots of problems with some of the latest intel chips and such. Does that affect this mini pc?

And since it has been nearly a year, is that still the best idea for a media server? I mostly want it to be quite since it is always on, and I don't want to hear it down the hall in my bedroom at night like my current windows pc. But outside of that, whatever works best. It seems pretty inexpensive compared to what I was expecting.

Hey guys, I was using a webos client until recently and I used to adjust the subtitles when they were slightly out of sync using the settings on the video player. Now I'm using a Android Tv client (new tv) and there is no settings icon to do that or to look at the video properties. On my phone the icon is there and on the web version on my laptop too. Did I mess with some menu settings or something or there is no settings on the Android Tv app?

I'm using the Android tv app of Jellyfin. I usually have to select the subtitles twice. The first time I select subtitles, it will take a long time and eventually there will be an error message and no subtitles. If I then go in and select the same subtitles again, it usually works immediately.

Is this a known problem and is there anything I can do to remedy the problem?

Hi! I'm currently making Etoile, music central native Jellyfin client for the Apple suite of devices (everything but Vision Pro). It needs a few more features before I'm comfortable releasing it. so feel free to follow me on mastodon @jules@pony.social for updates:)

iOS:

• Play songs from albums
• Recently played
• Playback reporting
• Time synced lyrics!!
• Search
• Queue and add to queue from album and search
• Caching songs and albums
• Now Playing (control center, lock screen control, AirPlay support)
• Full player popup

watchOS:

• Play / pause (even when playing on phone!)
• Play songs from albums
• Caching songs and albums
• Pulls login info from phone

tvOS:

• Play songs from albums
• Recently played
• Time synced lyrics
• Caching songs and albums
• Video showcasing all of that

Screenshots! iOS watchOS

Get it now here

Thank you!

Official forum announcement

Jellyfin Server

General Changes

• Include AVIF extension for support images [PR #12415], by @ikelos
• Apply all codec conditions [PR #12499], by @dmitrylyzo
• NextUp query respects Limit [PR #11956], by @cptn-x
• Set Content-Disposition header to attachment for image endpoints [PR #12490], by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix bitstream filter not applied to videos in TS container [PR #12493], by @nyanmisaka
• Fix the record series button missing on many programs (port of #12398) [PR #12481], by @Bond-009
• Don't force non-virtual when all episodes in season are isMissing=true [PR #12425], by @scampower3
• Check attachment path for null before use [PR #12443], by @gnattu
• Fix SA1201 issue [PR #12390], by @justinkb

Jellyfin Web

General Changes

• Fix undefined serverId in Person card [PR #5817], by @viown
• Fix Safari volume control [PR #5920], by @gnattu
• Fix safari volume being reset when track changed [PR #5923], by @gnattu
• Fix incorrect initial play icon in remote control section [PR #5915], by @viown
• Use navigate instead of resolver [PR #5823], by @ilteoood
• Fix "Download All" for Safari [PR #5910], by @jchuong
• Add no-cache attribute for fetch requests to /system/info/public to prevent stale server info [PR #5730], by @Doxterpepper
• Fix swipe gestures on android for book reader [PR #5843], by @viown
• Fix autoCast race condition [PR #5898], by @thornbill

This is maybe a little paranoid but... i have a jellyfin server that i let some family members use. one of them intends to use an app for apple tv, which i think is swiftfin or something like that. i am a bit skeptical about smart-TVs and the data they phone home with, so i was wondering if there is any chance that i could be compromised due to the linux isos i host on jellyfin due to some sneaky smart-TV stuff?

I have sequential downloads enabled on my torrent client, I have a download speed that is fast enough that the ETA for the full download of the media is shorter than the duration of the media itself, and I can watch it in IINA or VLC, but, unfortunately Jellyfin doesn't recognise any new media in my designated library folders until a decent amount of time AFTER the entire file is downloaded and has it's correct extension.

Is there some way to watch as one downloads using Jellyfin?

Excuse the basic questions but I'm not having much luck web searching for answers. I have the server running on my laptop which is also where the content itself if and I have an android phone with the mobile client installed via f-droid.

I can't seem to cast to chromecast with Jellyfin from either the laptop itself, or the android client app. The client app lists streaming to chromecast specifically as one of it's features in the description on f-droid.

Just trying out Jellyfin for the first time. I'm also just trying out media server software for the first time, having downloaded Emby 2 weeks ago so forgive if I'm misunderstanding some fundamental concepts.

I have a series on my hard drive that has been incorrectly identified as something else, the Title is wrong, the posters are wrong, the casting information is wrong and I'd hazard a guess the subs are probably wrong too. That's fine, Emby actually got this particular series wrong as well. The difference here though, is I can't figure out what to do about it. I've seen lots of forum posts saying you can enter an imdb ID number but this is a problem because that only seems to be possible for individual episodes, not the whole series, and in any case, it doesn't appear to DO anything when I apply to any one given episode. More frustrating still, each episode in the series has somehow taken the name of the series as its episode name so they all have the same name and you can't tell which episode is which.

How do I remove the incorrect identificaiton and replace it with a manually selected correct ID? Also, importantly, will supplying a correct IMDB number or whatever else it is I need to do to correct this misidentification, cause the correct subs to be downloaded?

Hi everyone! I've been using Jellyfin (and Findroid) for quite some time and I really love it. I'm constantly contemplating how incredible it is to be able to self-host such a cool project!

The little itch I want to scratch now is having a client for laptops with an offline mode feature, similar to what Findroid offers for android. Does anyone know of such a client? It would be awesome for train/plane trips to no longer have to manually copy the files over for offline playing!

As the title says, I just upgraded to 10.9.9 and now I can't connect to the server. I have it installed on a docker container on a headless ubuntu machine. This is the first time I've updated after installing and successfully using the server for several months. I followed the instructions in the first response here: link

Originally, the update/install seemed to work just fine. I opened up a client on a browser and it successfully connected and prompted the install wizard. So I went through it and re-pointed to all of my media. However, at the very last step when clicking submit, it got stuck. I saw online that this happened to others and what worked for them was to just try again.

So, after some time, I restarted the server and restarted the above process, except now I'm unable to connect at all.

When trying to connect from my Nvidia Shield, it tells me to complete the setup on a browser. When connecting on a browser, it asks me to select a server, lists the server, and then fails to connect to it with the error "We're unable to connect to the selected server right now. Please ensure it is running and try again". Connecting on my android phone and connecting in incognito prompts the same error.

Also, I'm unable to see any new logs now. ~/jellyfin/config/log has 3 log files from the last 3 days. But the latest one seems to have stopped around the time of the upgrade and shows no errors. I've updated the logging.json file as per the instructions here and this does not help: debug-logging

Does anyone have any advice here?

UPDATE: Issue seems to be solved. Tailscale seemed to be causing some problem on the client-side. Disabling and reattempting seemed to work. The library is still being scanned, so I haven't validated playback. But I can at least navigate my content now.

UPDATE 2: Playback is validated

Is it possible to have an RSS feed of when an episode or movie has been watched by someone?

I get source error when I try to drop the resolution and quality too far.

I have hardware transcoding activated. Jellyfin is running on a docker container on ubuntu server. When I try to reduce the resolution and mbps too far I get source error. E.g. with a 2160p source file I can transcode to 1080p 20 mbps but if I try 720 or 1080 10mbps, source error happens. Is this a server side thing or a client side thing? How do I fix this?