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Jellyfin

Jellyfin is a free and open-source media server and suite of multimedia applications.

View the nix-core NixOS module on GitHub.

References

docs

Setup

Users, Plugins, and Libraries are managed in the web interface. You have to declare them manually.

Visit the web interface and follow the on screen instructions. Create libraries corresponding to config.services.jellyfin.libraries.

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rsync -arvzP -e 'ssh -p SSH_PORT' LOCAL_PATH YOU@REMOTE:JELLYFIN_DATA_DIR/libraries/LIBRARY

the user YOU has to be in the jellyfin group on the remote machine REMOTE

  • SSH_PORT: Your SSH port
  • LOCAL_PATH: Local path to your media file(s)
  • YOU: Your user on your remote machine
  • REMOTE: IP/domain of your remote machine
  • JELLYFIN_DATA_DIR: config.services.jellyfin.dataDir
  • LIBRARY: Target library. See config.services.jellyfin.libraries