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Jellyfin

Jellyfin is the volunteer-built media solution that puts you in control of your media. Stream to any device from your own server, with no strings attached.

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Screenshot of Jellyfin

How do I access Jellyfin?

Jellyfin will be available from your dashboard (https://<username>.elfhosted.com>), or directly, at https://<username>-jellyfin.elfhosted.com

How do I use it?

When you first connect, you'll be prompted to configure your admin account, setup your libraries, etc.

Enable Hardware transcoding

Our nodes support Intel QuickSync for Video (QSV). Enable this under the admin dashboard's Playback settings.

From media players

When you configure the Jellyfin app in your media player, use https://<username>-jellyfin.elfhosted.com as the address (if a port is required, use 443)

Solutions to common issues

Playback stalls

Jellyfin may be trying to transcode the media, based on a detected incompatibilty with your client/app, and running into CPU limitations. For optimal performance and quality, try to direct-play media where possible. You could also try enabling hardware transcoding (above), which will improve transcoding performance.

Jellyfin also works with

How do I get support for Jellyfin?

  1. For general use of Jellyfin, refer to the official site or to one of the links below.
  2. For specific support re your ElfHosted configuration / account, see the ElfHosted support options!

You can contribute directly to the development of Jellyfin using the following:

Jellyfin resources