How Jellyfin Works #
JELLYFIN vs PLEX
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Feature Jellyfin Plex
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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 ✓
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│ Jellyfin = 100% free, all features included. │
│ Plex = polished UI, better mobile experience. │
│ Both work great on your seedbox. │
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Connecting jellyfin with our seedbox and configuring is very simple just follow the below steps and you will be ready to stream your media:
Step1: Login to your Evoseedbox client area and look for Jellyfin in the apps section
Step2: Click on the install button and Jellyfin will install automatically on your seedbox.
Step3: Once you are done with the installation of jellyfin, open jellyfin from your client area. Select your preferred language from the dropdown menu and click on next.
Step 4: Now we need to set up a username and password that will be used every time we try to login into the jellyfin account. We can leave it blank in the password area if we don’t wish to set a password.
Step 5: The next step is to set up a media library, i.e. setting up the content we want to stream using jellyfin. Click on the add media library.
Step 6: In the content type, we have to 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: Click on 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: Select 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 button.
Step 9: Click on the Next button as you have already set your preferred metadata languages.
Step 10: Check in both the boxes and click on the Next button. Allow remote connection will let you stream your media from different devices like your android phone.
Step 11: Click on the Finish button and you are done with configuring jellyfish for your seedbox.
That was the whole process of configuring jellyfin with a seedbox. Now you will be redirected to a sign-in page. Here you have to log in using the username and password that we had configured earlier.
nce you sign in you can view the folder that you have created. Jellyfin will automatically show the metadata that it has fetched. Here you can see that the posters of the movie are visible so this is 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 from your mobile.
The Jellyfin Ecosystem #
RECOMMENDED JELLYFIN STACK
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Jellyseerr ───▶ Sonarr (TV) ────▶ Renames & ───▶ Jellyfin
(requests) Radarr (Movies) moves files (streams)
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│ ▼
Prowlarr ◀─────────────────────── Jellystat
(indexers) (analytics)
Optional:
├── Bazarr (automatic subtitles)
├── Jellyseerr (request & discovery UI)
└── Homarr (dashboard for all apps)
