Jellyfin
Jellyfin is a self hosted open source media streaming platform. it can be run on a Raspberry PI or on a QNAP NAS
To install it on a raspberry PI use:
sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade
sudo apt install apt-transport-https lsb-release
curl https://repo.jellyfin.org/debian/jellyfin_team.gpg.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/jellyfin-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/jellyfin-archive-keyring.gpg arch=$( dpkg --print-architecture )] https://repo.jellyfin.org/debian $( lsb_release -c -s ) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jellyfin.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install jellyfin
Now that you have installed the Jellyfin media server to your Raspberry Pi, you will want to access its web interface.
The web interface is straightforward to use and supports most major web browsers.
1. To access the Jellyifn web interface, you will need to know your Raspberry Pi’s IP address.
The quickest way of getting your Pi’s local IP address is to use the hostname command as we have below.
hostname -I
Now Jellyfin is up and running on the IP adsress of your raspberry PI. Make sure it is a static IP address.
For configuration of Jellyfin look here:
https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-jellyfin/
start, stop or restart the jellyfin server
in a terminal on the raspberry PI enter:
sudo service jellyfin status
(Enter CTRL - C to end the status)
sudo systemctl stop jellyfin
to stop the server
sudo service jellyfin status
to check the status again (CTRL C to end)
sudo systemctl start jellyfin
to start the server
sudo service jellyfin status
to check the status again (CTRL C to end)
sudo systemctl restart jellyfin
to restart the server
Jellyfin on the QNAP NAS
A french developer has made a Jellyfin server for intel based QNAP nas systems.
https://github.com/pdulvp/jellyfin-qnap
A repository to use on the QNAP is found here:
You can ease installation of updates by adding his repositories on your QNAP settings.
There are two repositories :
Releases https://pdulvp.github.io/qnap-store/repos.xml to retrieve only stable releases
Pre-Releases https://pdulvp.github.io/qnap-store/repos-prereleases.xml, to retrieve updates that are marked as ‘pre-releases’
(note: in both cases, the applications are not always field tested)
In the Settings of the AppCenter on your QNAP, Add the wanted store url defined above:
After that you can install Jellyfin for free.
The QNAPclub store also offers a Jellyfin server for €5,=. You should not use that version.
To use plugins read here