Chris Schammert (csmertx)
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đŸ’ģ Jellyfin (Media Server)


Install Docker

  • apti snapd

  • sudo snap install docker

    Yep, container in a container. But it works!

  • sudo docker pull jellyfin/jellyfin

  • mkdir ~/.config/jellyfin

  • mkdir ~/.config/jellyfin/config

  • mkdir ~/.config/jellyfin/cache

Server start

First run will take a while to cache (20-60+ minutes)

sudo docker run -d \
--volume /home/$USER/.config/jellyfin/config:/config \
--volume /home/$USER/.config/jellyfin/cache:/cache \
--volume /mnt/Storage/Videos:/data/videos \
--volume /mnt/Storage/Music:/data/music \
--volume /mnt/Storage/Pictures:/data/pictures \
--user 1000:1000 \
--net=host \
--restart=unless-stopped \
jellyfin/jellyfin

Scripted setup

My personal setup script

!#/bin/bash
# jellyfin_setup.sh

sudo docker run -d \
--volume /home/$USER/.config/jellyfin/config:/config \
--volume /home/$USER/.config/jellyfin/cache:/cache \
--volume /mnt/Storage/Videos:/data/videos \
--volume /mnt/Storage/Music:/data/music \
--volume /mnt/Storage/Pictures:/data/pictures \
--user 1000:1000 \
--net=host \
--restart=unless-stopped \
jellyfin/jellyfin

Server stop

  • sudo docker ps

  • sudo docker stop [CONTAINER ID]

Update

  • sudo aa-remove-unknown

    You may want to 🔗 read about the repercussions of aa-remove-unknown before continuing.

  • sudo docker ps

  • sudo docker stop [CONTAINER ID]

  • sudo docker pull jellyfin/jellyfin

  • $HOME/.scripts/jellyfin_setup.sh

    The script I use can be found 🔗 here

Restart after system update

  • $HOME/.scripts/jellyfin_setup.sh

Restart Docker/Jellyfin

  • sudo docker ps

  • sudo docker restart [CONTAINER ID]

Error submitting packet to decoder: Invalid data found when processing input

  • Certain container formats may throw this error with 🔗 VA-API hardware encoding enabled (AMD GPU).

    • Confirm by toggling hardware encoding off via: Hamburger > Dashboard > Playback > Transcoding

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