Hey Hosters!
Just wanted to share that I got Jellyfin installed and set up on my Windows 2022 Server, and it’s working great! I didn’t even know there was a version for WIndows. How do you like that?
I know this is probably “the usual” for everyone here, but I’m genuinely excited that I managed to get it all running smoothly.
After getting the server up, I went through the basics (users/permissions, library paths, and making sure everything was reachable on the network) and it all just worked. The interface is super clean, playback is nice and responsive, and it feels like I’ve been missing out on this until now.
Huge thanks to the Jellyfin team and the community! This project is awesome!! If anyone is stuck, please don’t give up. keep poking at the configuration and it’ll pay off. Now I just need to spend some time organizing my libraries!
Happy Hosting!
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its kinda crazy having your own personal netflix, right?
i originally used it so my kids could watch cartoons in school
its kinda crazy having your own personal netflix, right?
It truly is!
Yeah, I keep a “Kids” profile on my server, specifically so I can throw Bluey, Mr Rogers Neighborhood, Miss Rachel, etc on and not worry about it. The Elsagate thing with YouTube means you can’t just put on YouTube kids and expect auto-played content to stay safe. But with my server, running solely on content I have curated, I know that everything in that “Kids” profile is going to be safe.
Personally, I think that installing it on a bare metal Windows Server system is quite an achievement.
I have it installed using docker compose on Linux. So my setup is rather unspectacular.
Hey you can always set up GPU rendering and like a tmpfs transcoding cache volume if you want your compose to look a little more complicated
Windows can run docker, so there’s versions of most things that will run on windows.
JellyFin has a native windows version.
Yes, but not everything does. But luckily, Docker exists on Windows. So anything that runs on Docker can be run on Windows.
Given, Docker’s implementation on Windows is… Uhh… Not GreatTM. Because it’s basically using WSL to trick Windows into supporting a Linux file system. So it has some quirks. But it does technically work.
No sane person runs docker on windows. They will run wsl or a Linux Hyper-V vm to do docker.
I think that’s the joke^^
There was a joke? That was a joke?
Congratulations! I’ve been using Jellyfin for several years now and the quality has consistently improved. It’s a great tool.
I know this is probably “the usual” for everyone here, but I’m genuinely excited that I managed to get it all running smoothly.
Heh! Don’t let anyone dampen your enthusiasm. It feels great when I am toiling away at something and finally all the pieces click together. I might have to walk away a few times and put the project on hold, but I keep whacking away at it. When it does work, it’s always a childish joy that comes over me and always gets a fist-pump.
What equipment are you running that Windows Server on?
Right now its a Thinkpad T480 with 64G ram and 1tb ssd. If it turns out we use Jellyfin enough I plan to get something more powerful for it.
Honestly thats already plenty - 8th gen intel igpu is pretty solid, about the only reason to change from that is going to be native AV1 (enc/dec added at meteor lake, tiger lake for dec only).
My setup is basically the same chip thats in my t480, but in a lenovo tiny. Family and friends make use of it, and it doesn’t break a sweat with 6 streams going.
Right on that’s great to hear
Nice! Rock on with yo’ bad self.
64g of ram is pretty darn powerful already!
My journey began with windows, Jellyfin, and qbit. Nice you have done the same! Only reason I switched to Linux is because I wanted servers and hated unraid
How did you handle the reverse proxy in Windows for remote access?
I didn’t. I don’t need remote access. We don’t watch TV outside the house.
Wouldn’t Kodi be better suited then? Jellyfin’s strength is its ability to transcode
Wait I don’t have a reverse proxy because I don’t need one. I just installed the jellyfin for windows version and then you just connect to it.
Did you set up up the arr suite too? They run the background services for tracking and pulling titles, and qbittorrent downloads the files. They are all docker images and should be able to run on Win. I like Caddy as my reverse proxy, super simple to point router port 80 & 443 to the server ports for Https.
Did you?
Holy shit man.
Why not both? I use kodi when possible because it runs circles around the mostly dogshit Jellyfin apps for various platforms. Jellyfin for kodi and the kodi queue sync plugin import my library and watch status. I still have the option to use Jellyfin apps or web on devices that can’t run kodi (or when remote) and as a result can have all of my media accessible from all my devices without needing multiple copies and centralized metadata administration
Again, given that OP claims limited expertise, Kodi is a good starting point because of its simplicity.
I’ve mostly stopped using it because I find the Jellyfin apps adequate.
I mean, I’d still prefer Jellyfin as its a server (we actually use Kodi for playing the content).
Even within the house, you could stream to multiple different devices. If you use something like Findroid you could download stuff for playing offline on your phone, no external access needed.
Well, I do use Jellyfin for in-home streaming as my TV has issue with HDR content tinting, and Jellyfin fixes that on-the-fly, but it’s certainly more complex setup than pointing Kodi at a network share
Oh for sure Kodi would be easier, I was just clarifying that there are reasons to pick Jellyfin over Kodi even if it’s only ever internal to your network.
Caddy runs on Windows so someone could use it for reverse proxy.
Well, you can just run a reverse proxy container with docker
Congrats on your successful install! It feels good to take control of your media, doesn’t it? I found it a great project for growing my confidence in deploying my own services. Happy hosting!
How do you like that?
Thanks, I hate it.
You have breached the start of an arrStack. A beginning of a rabbit hole
Soon you will lie awake at night thinking “what else can I docker”
