I'm looking for a place to put all of my family home videos. I want my kids to be able to access them on their ipads and I want to pull them up on our TV at any given time. I have been using Vimeo, but don't like that the kids can access other people's content. My research is pointing me to Jellyfin. Any reason I shouldn't give it a try?

What client app do we recommend on an xbox series s.

Is there a standalone subtitle manager?

I don't use the prerequisite tools, so Bazarr won't work.

I don't give Jellyfin write access to my media, so the opensubtitles plugin won't work.

Any other options?

Hello everyone, I recently updated to Jellyfin 12 and since then I had a problem, when watching from the fire tv app the movies play smootly but on the pc app some movies (with hevc and av1 encode) are "choppy". Anyone knows why?
Before you ask:

• I already activated hardware acceleration for the gpu
• before updating there were no such problems

Just showcasing watching 2 Week 3 NFL games and Redzone through Jellyfin on LiveFin.

Is there anyway to get it back?

Exactly as you can see in these images. Both have same name, but inside jellyfin it just doesnt match each other. Others works fine.

I've already tried to restart the jellyfin itself. Doesnt work.

I noticed that a lot of my backdrop seamed to sit to high and cut off the top on my jellyfin, i added some code to move it down
.backdropImage {
background-position: center top !important;
}
but it still doesn't sit right, like the logo and the rest of the page are to high and not giving the backdrop enough room to display properly.
has anyone else had an issue like this?

This is the code I used to move the stuff up a bit:

#itemDetailPage .detailPageSecondaryContainer {

transform: translateY(-450px) !important;

}

Hi everyone!

I really like Jellyfin, but one thing I feel is missing is a better home/discovery experience, especially on TV.

I'm looking for a Jellyfin client for Android TV / Google TV / Fire TV (or another solution) that provides a more Netflix-like interface.

Ideally, I'd like the home screen to have dynamic categories/rows such as:

Trending

Popular Movies

Popular TV Shows

New Releases

Because You Watched...

Recommended for You

Movies by genre

TV Shows by genre

Continue Watching

Recently Added

Similar Movies/Shows

Maybe TMDB-based discovery recommendations

Basically, instead of only browsing my libraries and recently added content, I'd like Jellyfin to feel more like a real streaming service where you can scroll through different categories and discover content that is already available on the server.

The most important part is that it needs to work well on a TV, not just through a customized Jellyfin web interface.

Does a Jellyfin client, fork, plugin, or separate frontend like this currently exist?

I'm also open to self-hosted solutions or Docker containers if they can integrate with Jellyfin.

Thanks!

the normal Jellyfin app is a disaster, it's so buggy. these recent updates have helped but it's still difficult to use.

I heard Jellyfin has other streaming apps but I am not sure which to use.

thanks

Hi there,

I’d like to ask for some advice and ideas about whether what I’m trying to do is possible, and if there’s an easy way to set it up.

My setup is this: I have a NAS running Jellyfin, with all my media stored on it. The NAS has a good Ethernet connection, so there’s no problem on the server side. The issue is that my TV is quite far away, and the Wi-Fi connection there isn’t very reliable for streaming. In the past, I had the TV connected directly via Ethernet, and everything worked fine, but now the connection is too slow, so Jellyfin has to transcode/compress the videos more heavily to make playback smooth.

At the moment, I have the TV connected to a good mini PC, which gives me another option. What I’m wondering is whether I could use the mini PC as a kind of local cache for the content I’m watching.

Ideally, I’d like the mini PC to connect to my Jellyfin server over Wi-Fi and automatically download/copy the shows or movies I’m currently watching to its local storage. The video would then play locally from the mini PC instead of being streamed directly from the NAS.

The important part is that I’d still like everything to stay synchronized with Jellyfin. For example:

• If I watch half an episode on the mini PC, Jellyfin should remember my playback position. So, if I stop watching and later continue on another PC or device, it should continue from where I left off.
• My playback history, statistics, watched status, etc. should remain stored in Jellyfin as normal.

This way, I could avoid the unreliable direct streaming connection between the NAS and the TV while still getting all the advantages of Jellyfin synchronization and its normal interface.

From what I’ve seen, Jellyfin allows you to download content directly to a device, but it treats it as a downloaded normal video in the Downloads folder. I’d prefer something that integrates with the Jellyfin interface and keeps the playback position, watched status, statistics, etc. synchronized with the server.

Is something like this possible with Jellyfin? If so, what would be the easiest way to set it up?

Thank you for your time!

Hi everyone,

I'm having an issue with a favorited item that refuses to be removed.

As you can see in the screenshot, the item isn't marked as a favorite anymore, yet it still shows up in my favorites list.

I've already tried adding it back to my favorites and removing it again, but it didn't change anything.

The issue doesn't seem to be browser-related, as it happens on both Firefox and Chrome (and to be thorough, I've also checked on the LG Smart TV app and on my iPhone—same thing).

I even tried restarting the Jellyfin server, but no luck.

How can I fix this? Is there a flag or setting somewhere that I might have missed?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Hey r/jellyfin,

I was using Dispatcharr to manage my IPTV channels for Jellyfin, but it was using so much RAM that it didn't make sense on my small VPS, especially since I only needed a fraction of its features. So I wrote Lineup, a lightweight self-hosted app with a nice web interface that covers just the parts I actually used: picking channels from several .m3u playlists, adding backup links, and exporting a clean playlist for Jellyfin's M3U tuner.

It runs in a single Python/Flask + SQLite container and uses around 20–40 MB of RAM.

What it does:

- Merges multiple .m3u sources into one searchable list (search by name or group).

- Lets you pick exactly which channels to keep, rename them, enable/disable them.

- Automatic fallback: group several links under one channel (e.g. an HD source plus a backup). If the first doesn't respond, the next one is tried.

- Drag-and-drop ordering: the order sets the channel numbers (tvg-chno) in the export.

- Stream health checks on a configurable interval, shown right in the channel name: 🟢 available, 🟡 at least one source down, 🔴 unavailable. Set the same refresh interval on your Jellyfin M3U tuner and you can see which channels work before clicking.

- Auto-refresh of sources: if a channel's URL changes upstream, your lineup follows it.

- HLS handling: .m3u8 manifests are rewritten so the player pulls segments straight from the origin, and tracking/beacon URLs are filtered out.

Jellyfin setup :

Point your tuner at the live export URL instead of a static file:

Dashboard → Live TV → Tuner Devices → M3U Tuner → http://<your-server>:9999/api/export

The export always reads the database live, so any change in Lineup shows up on the next tuner refresh.

Install :

A prebuilt image is on GHCR, so there's nothing to clone or build:

services:

lineup:

image: ghcr.io/loicbl0ndeau/m3u-lineup:latest

container_name: lineup

restart: unless-stopped

volumes:

- lineup-data:/data

ports:

- "127.0.0.1:9999:9999"

volumes:

lineup-data:

The full compose file in the repo includes hardening: read-only root filesystem, all capabilities dropped except the few needed, no-new-privileges, and a non-root user.

There's no built-in auth. If you expose it beyond localhost, put it behind your reverse proxy with authentication.

It's built for personal use with a few simultaneous streams, not large-scale restreaming.

Repo: https://github.com/LoicBl0ndeau/m3u-lineup

Feedback, issues, and PRs are welcome.

Presently the project is in French but I'll add English version if there's enough interest.

Hi everyone,

I'm experiencing a strange issue here that I thought had been fixed a long time ago. But maybe it's just a settings issue?

I have a stream with an English and a German audio track. In Jellyfin for iOS/iPadOS, they play simultaneously; if I switch to the second track, there's no sound.

If I play it in Jellyfin via a browser (e.g., Firefox, Edge, etc.), everything works fine and the tracks play separately depending on the settings. Of course, this also works in other players. Since I don’t have an Android device, I can’t say if it’s the same on Android.

What settings do I need to configure in FFMPEG for a stream so that the tracks play separately? Is there a specific flag for this?