Chris Schammert (csmertx)

💻 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

Resources

Created: 12/29/2021 • Edited: 02/09/2025 • Author: Chris Schammert (csmertx) • History 🕵️