Jellyfin •
Jellyfin is a community-built media streaming solution for movies, music, television, books and photos.  When you import media, it is automatically identified so metadata can be pulled from open repositories.  Watch your media on all your devices with client apps made for every platform.

Overview
Jellyfin is a community-built media streaming solution for movies, music, television, books and photos.  When you import media, it is automatically identified so metadata can be pulled from open repositories.  Watch your media on all your devices with client apps made for every platform. 

 Tryout a Jellyfin demo . 

 

 Access a home dashboard that lets you keep track of new releases, current progress and what's up next. 

 Share your media with friends and sync your playback in real-time to watch together. 

 Automatically converts media to a compatible format for your streaming device.

Media
Screenshots 

 Jellyfin Server v10.10.3

Setup & Configuration
We need to install the service through Portainer and configure any necessary settings.

Preparation
There are some things we need to do in preparation to install this service. 

 Volumes 

 

 Persistent Data 

 This is where the service will store its own application data and ensures we can quickly update the service image. 

 Ensure your user has permissions to access the folder. 

 

 

 Media Folders 

 This service will need access to the folders where you store your media files.  

 Ensure your user has permissions to access the folder. 

 

 

 Environment 

 

 TZ 

 This is the current time zone formatted using the tz database. 

 For example: America/Vancouver 

 

 

 PUID 

 This is the numeric ID of the user account on Debian.  If you are unsure, open a terminal and run: 

 id -u 

 

 

 PGID 

 This is the numeric ID of the user account's group on Debian.  If you are unsure, open a terminal and run: 

 id -g 

 

 

 Hardware Acceleration 

 You will need to perform additional steps to attach some graphics cards to Docker containers. 

 

 Intel Embedded Graphics 

Modern Intel processors have an embedded graphic processor that can be used for hardware acceleration within this container. 

 

 AMD Graphics 

 AMD and ATI graphic cards can be used for hardware acceleration within this container  after an initial setup . 

 

 

 Nvidia Graphics 

 Nvidia graphics cards can be used for hardware acceleration within this container after an initial setup .

Installation
The service can be installed through the Portainer web interface.  

 Learn about creating a new stack . 

 

 Docker Compose 

 Intel and AMD Graphics  

 Use the following code to install the service: 

 ---

services:

 jellyfin:

 image: lscr.io/linuxserver/jellyfin:latest

 container_name: jellyfin

 network_mode: bridge

 environment:

 - PUID=1000

 - PGID=1000

 - TZ=America/Vancouver

 volumes:

 # Persistent Data

 - /srv/jellyfin:/config

 # Media Folders

 - /mnt/movies:/mmt/movies

 - /mnt/television:/mmt/television

 - /mnt/music:/mmt/music

 - /mnt/books:/mmt/books

 devices:

 - /dev/dri:/dev/dri

 ports:

 - 8096:8096

 - 8920:8920

 - 7359:7359/udp

 - 1900:1900/udp

 restart: unless-stopped 

 

 Nvidia Graphics  

 Use the following code to install the service: 

 ---

services:

 jellyfin:

 image: lscr.io/linuxserver/jellyfin:latest

 container_name: jellyfin

 network_mode: bridge

 runtime: nvidia

 environment:

 - PUID=1000

 - PGID=1000

 - TZ=America/Vancouver

 - NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=all

 volumes:

 # Persistent Data

 - /srv/jellyfin:/config

 # Media Folders

 - /mnt/movies:/mmt/movies

 - /mnt/television:/mmt/television

 - /mnt/music:/mmt/music

 - /mnt/books:/mmt/books

 ports:

 - 8096:8096

 - 8920:8920

 - 7359:7359/udp

 - 1900:1900/udp

 restart: unless-stopped

Updating
Re-Deploy the Stack 

 This service has been optimized for running in Docker thanks to  LinuxServer.io .

 

 This allows you to  re-deploy the stack through Portainer to download the latest updates. 

User Manual



Development
This software is released under the GPL-2.0 license . 

 The software was developed as a fork of Emby after it changed to a closed-source model .  Jellyfin is made available for Docker through the efforts of LinuxServer.io and their commitment to simplifying self-hosting. 

 You can learn more about how to contribute to Jellyfin through their  website . 

 The Jellyfin development team also accepts  sponsorships .

Resources
Official 

 

 Official Wiki 

 Official Matrix 

 Official GitHub Repository 

 Official Website 

 Getting Started Guide 

 Frequently Asked Questions 

 General Troubleshooting   

 

 LinuxServer.io 

 

 Docker Image 

 

 Official Website 

 

 

 Official Documentation 

 

 

 Official Discord 

 

 

 Official Forum 

 

 

 Official GitLab Repository 

 

 Frequently Asked Questions