I want to be able to understand how to setup a Jellyfin Media Server stack. I get the general gist of some of the tools and know how to use qBittorent with Express VPN bound to it and barely got a basic Jellyfin server setup and connected to my Smart TV but that’s where my knowledge ends.
I’ve read there is so much more that can be done with the *Arrs, Docker, Jellyfin Plug-Ins and other tools but so many resources I look into are geared towards Linux not Windows so it gets confusing.
I’m looking for references to “Noob” guides for setting EVERYTHING up from square one. Things like how to layout your data effectively, understanding and using Docker for Windows if appropriate, best settings for the programs, essential Jellyfin plug-ins, renaming & scraping data for files, how manually downloaded torrent files are handled, if a stack can handle “ripped” files, etc.
Any helpful guidance would be most appreciated. Thanks kindly!
It’s not that hard in practice. You can start with jellyfin then work up from there. After that it’s a torrent client, after that its radarr/sonarr, after that it’s prowlarr, after that its jellyseer. Every step you can stop to tinker and fix issues and you can even swap stuff that doesnt work how you like.
I started with Emby as Jellyfin seemed a little bit daunting to me. I’ve already got qBittorent setup. Thank you for your input!
Congrats! and besides, if you decide you like a different media player later you’re still free to spin it up and point it to the same media drives, plex/jelly/emby/whatever don’t modify your files. I’ve even seen some use Jellyfin and Plex.
Enjoy the rabbit hole !