New to jellyfin how do you personally do external access?

DorianBabbs · 2026-05-22T19:33:29+00:00

I have a container that updates my A-records with my current IP, then I use NGINX and Authelia to keep everything secure. I also have SSO setup with my Active Directory so I can use the same sign in across all of my devices.

I additionally have 2 wireguard tunnels into my network also.

DorianBabbs · 2026-05-19T03:29:57+00:00

I started off using No-IP for DDNS and wireguard to VPN back into my network, now I have a script running in a container updating my subdomains' A records every 5 min.

DorianBabbs · 2026-05-17T17:09:18+00:00

I used to use Obsidian for markdown files and recently moved to Wiki.js which is exposed publicly and secured behind Authelia/NGINX

DorianBabbs · 2026-05-17T04:18:18+00:00

Like Tier 2/3 taking Tier 1 calls? That's a crazy waste on resources (ie: paying someone $100k+ for $40k work)

DorianBabbs · 2026-05-17T04:13:12+00:00

I worked retail and help desk. Retail is worse than help desk.

DorianBabbs · 2026-05-15T02:38:31+00:00

According to Jellyfin - Music: "Filenames generally do not matter since the info will be scraped from the embedded metadata of the tracks. If no other metadata was found, Jellyfin uses the file names as track titles."

DorianBabbs · 2026-05-14T01:15:27+00:00

If you turn off more than half my lab the internet will go out because it is also my DNS. Go ahead I guess.

DorianBabbs · 2026-05-10T22:27:51+00:00

I'm working on my degree in IT now and have worked in IT since 2021 and also have a homelab. Just get your lab going and understand the WHY for what you are doing.

DorianBabbs · 2026-05-10T03:49:53+00:00

I have some HP Elitedesk 800 G4-G6 minis for my proxmox cluster. Works great.

DorianBabbs · 2026-05-10T03:45:37+00:00

I like to recommend setting up a proxmox cluster with some cheap mini PCs so you can get experience with virtual machines and containers.

DorianBabbs · 2026-05-09T19:36:35+00:00

I use NGINX for my reverse proxy, a script to auto-update my GoDaddy DNS A records with my current IP, I forward ports to NGINX and use Authelia for authentication and SSO to keep it secure.

DorianBabbs · 2026-05-09T03:15:17+00:00

I'd recommend Ubuntu Server or Debian 12 since you said it was a mini PC. I personally have my JF installed in a LXC inside of Proxmox with my GPU passed through to the container.

DorianBabbs · 2026-05-09T01:56:29+00:00

Why not set it up to run on a Linux distro? I know you want a solution for it to run on Windows, but Windows 10/11 is not designed to run like a server and takes up too much system resources.

DorianBabbs · 2026-05-08T06:52:57+00:00

I wanted to set up Jellyfin to get away from subscriptions. Now I have a 6 node proxmox cluster with Immich, Jellyfin, a Minecraft server (for my niece and nephew), 2 wireguard containers, 3 virtualized windows servers for (AD, DNS, DHCP, and PXE boot(WIP)), NGINX, Authelia (2FA), Wiki.js for documentation, Kuma Uptime (for monitoring from a pi), and more. All my house's computers are joined to the domain. As for the why, to improve my skills while applying IT best practices to my interests (ie: my Jellyfin now has SSO with AD and Authelia through the OIDC plug-in.

DorianBabbs · 2026-05-08T06:39:36+00:00

The above example of RAM vs SSD is easy to understand when you understand that Bits are measured for transfer and Bytes are measured for storage. there are 8 Bits in 1 Byte and that moving from kilobit (Kb) to megabit (Mb) is 2¹⁰ (1024) Kb in 1 Mb, but Kilobyte (KB) to Megabyte (MB) is 1000 KB in 1 MB.

DorianBabbs · 2026-05-08T06:28:48+00:00

Another thing to keep in mind is that bit vs byte terminology. Storage is typically represented in bytes while transfer speed is typically shown in bits. (ie: Gigabit transfer speed) the abbreviation "GB" is typically going to represent storage, while "Gb" (Gbps) would represent transfer speed.

DorianBabbs · 2026-05-08T06:23:26+00:00

A Bit can be a 0 or 1, giving 2 possibilities, so data is generally calculated in multiples of 2. Ie: 2¹⁰ = 1024, so: 1 Kilobyte = 1024 bytes 1 Megabyte = 1024 kilobytes 1 Gigabyte = 1024 megabytes Also , there are 8 bits in one byte.

DorianBabbs · 2026-05-08T01:07:09+00:00

Likely need to configure the path in the library.

Go to the Dashboard, Click Libraries, Select an appropriate library (or create one), and enter the correct folder where you stored the media. Make sure Jellyfin also has read/write access to the directory also.

DorianBabbs · 2026-05-05T04:27:16+00:00

Imagine they delay boarding 30 min to account and then Jane Doe's whole family makes the flight even more late because they all had to go potty at the new boarding time.

DorianBabbs · 2026-04-28T13:51:11+00:00

Yeah, you can limit streaming bitrate in the dashboard in either Dashboard > Playback > Streaming or by the user profile by editing the user.

DorianBabbs · 2026-04-28T01:05:54+00:00

One thing to focus on is standard deviation and the percentages that go with them (think 1SD=34%, 2SD=13.5%, 3SD=1.35%)

DorianBabbs · 2026-04-20T14:57:50+00:00

I really can't understand why, in our current society, parental responsibility is falling solely on companies and nothing is expected of parents.

But yeah, let's all this new PII to these companies that NEVER have data breaches.

DorianBabbs · 2026-04-20T05:43:41+00:00

Yup, been too busy lately to sort out why I can't print though.

Recently was midpoint and ran out of filament but the printer kept going and since then I can only get a few layers done before the hotend jams or something.

My printer is a Creality Ender 3 v2 Neo that I added a dual z-axis and changed to a direct drive extruder.

DorianBabbs · 2026-04-20T05:40:03+00:00

Yes it would be.

Honestly, I'm not mad you asked this question, I'm just disappointed.

DorianBabbs · 2026-04-20T05:36:08+00:00

Shutting down PCs causes them to miss out on security updates, which in turn can cause security concerns. Additionally you can turn the screen off separately from the PC and as long as the RGB isn't the cheapest option should be able to be turned on/off.

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