How Jellyfin Works #
JELLYFIN vs PLEX
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════
Feature Jellyfin Plex
─────── ──────── ────
Price Free ✓ Free + Plex Pass
Open source Yes ✓ No
Mobile apps Free ✓ Requires Plex Pass
Hardware transcode Free ✓ Requires Plex Pass
Live TV/DVR Free ✓ Requires Plex Pass
Plugins Community ✓ Official store
External sharing Via URL Plex Friends ✓
Offline sync Not yet Plex Pass ✓
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Jellyfin = 100% free, all features included. │
│ Plex = polished UI, better mobile experience. │
│ Both work great on your seedbox. │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Connecting jellyfin with our seedbox and configuring is very simple just follow the below steps and ستظهر لك be ready to stream your media:
Step1: Login إلى Evoseedbox منطقة العميل and look for Jellyfin in التطبيقs section
Step2: انقر على the install زر and Jellyfin will install automatically on الـ Seedbox الخاص بك.
Step3: Once you are done with the installation of jellyfin, open jellyfin من منطقة العميل. اختر your preferred language from the dropdown menu and click on next.
Step 4: Now we need to set up a اسم المستخدم and كلمة المرور that will be used every time we try to login into the jellyfin account. We can leave it blank in the كلمة المرور area if we don’t wish to set a كلمة المرور.
Step 5: The next step is to set up a media library, i.e. setting up the content we want to stream using jellyfin. انقر على the add media library.
Step 6: In the content type, we يجب mention the type of media that like movies, Tv shows, music, etc. write the name of the folder that you wish to give to the library, this folder name will be displayed when you use jellyfin to stream your media.
Step 7: انقر على the “+” icon beside folders and set up the path for your media. Here you need to select the path wherein all your movies and tv shows are downloaded.
Step 8: اختر the preferred language in which you wish to download the metadata(Ratings, cast, genre, etc.) for all your movies, and then click on the OK زر.
Step 9: انقر على the Next زر as you have already set your preferred metadata languages.
الخطوة 10: Check in both the boxes and click on the Next زر. Allow remote connection will let you stream your media from different devices like your android phone.
الخطوة 11: انقر على the Finish زر and you are done with configuring jellyfish for الـ Seedbox الخاص بك.
That was the whole process of configuring jellyfin with a seedbox. Now ستظهر لك be redirected to a sign-in page. Here you يجب log in using the اسم المستخدم and كلمة المرور that we had تكوينd earlier.
nce you sign in يمكنك view the folder that you have created. Jellyfin will automatically show the metadata that it has fetched. Here يمكنك see that the posters of the movie are visible so هذا هو the metadata that jellyfin fetches automatically from the internet.
You are now all set to enjoy your Movie night or maybe just watch an episode over lunch من mobile.
The Jellyfin Ecosystem #
RECOMMENDED JELLYFIN STACK
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════
Jellyseerr ───▶ Sonarr (TV) ────▶ Renames & ───▶ Jellyfin
(requests) Radarr (Movies) moves files (streams)
▲ │
│ ▼
Prowlarr ◀─────────────────────── Jellystat
(indexers) (analytics)
Optional:
├── Bazarr (automatic subtitles)
├── Jellyseerr (request & discovery UI)
└── Homarr (dashboard for all apps)
