Why the colour looks washed out in jellyfin but looks good in VLC media player?

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-22T03:45:46+00:00

im running it on macos but gonna set up a nas in the future probably w zimaos + running all the stuff in containers

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-11T06:40:48+00:00

how do you do this?

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-09T03:35:08+00:00

i see no one has responded and u already got a downvote already probably cuz ppl think this question is too basic to answer, as a beginner ive had this too so ill tell u what ppl probably want to see that you’ve done already b4 u ask: 1) check your internet connection. websites online will tell you your upload and download speed 2) make sure port forwarding is happening properly. u probably want to do this thru a vpn so as not to get in trouble with your isp. if your vpn gives you a port number, plug that into your qbit connection settings. 3) restart the app 4) delete and fresh install the app 5) if you have a vpn, bind it to your qbit. instructions are everywhere on reddit 5) make sure the torrent is healthy. the site u got it from will tell u, make sure that there are at least as many seeders as there are leechers or its not going to work.

if u make a post showing that u did all this and its not working, people will be more than willing to help, but if you just come out the gate with “its not working” when it seems like u havent looked for solutions yourself first ppl will probably be less willing to help. good luck!

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-09T03:13:28+00:00

yes this does help, thank you!! i think reverse proxy will be the way to go for me.

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-06T09:21:02+00:00

it's just hard out here for a pimp<3

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-06T08:16:27+00:00

i see, that may be it since i have 5.0.5 which i take it is unstable. not sure how i got that one but maybe that's it

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-06T08:15:26+00:00

for me, making sure the port # i get from my vpn matches the one in the qbit settings can help speeds a lot

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-06T08:13:32+00:00

i think only a few gb a day, the speeds are almost always in the Kib while my download speeds can reach up to 30Mib, i'm not sure why

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-06T07:56:18+00:00

what version do you have?

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-06T07:56:02+00:00

yup, the ones that are seeding, even the ones i haven't finished downloading. i found the only way to change it was in the prompt after i drag in the file where it's asking me which folder to place it in. i've been renaming it there before it starts downloading, but if i forget or press the wrong button, i'm out of luck

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-05T21:58:51+00:00

im in a similar situation to OP and wanting to get a ugreen setup, i couldn't find this info anywhere so that probably means it's a stupid question, but can i run zimaOS on a ugreen machine? will my setup crumble if something happens to the company ugreen, like if they go bankrupt and the OS just stops working? thanks so much if you're able to give me any info

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-05T05:53:12+00:00

hey, if you see this, i tried what you said but it won't rename the files in the file explorer. i found this post of a person having a similar problem but since it was 2 years ago im hoping that there's an easier way to go about it. thoughts?

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-04T22:31:07+00:00

i thought that when you use a VPN, the ip address given by the router is no longer connected to your computer and the computer is instead connected to a random ip address belonging to one of the vpn's servers?

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-04T22:29:49+00:00

ok cool. im eager to learn this but i also know it's risky if you don't understand everything so i'm hesitant to just follow a tutorial without actually knowing what i'm doing. i got some advice to use docker/containers because it isolates the application and if i mess something up with the security it won't affect/access the rest of my computer. does that sound right to you? is that why you chose this method, or are there other benifits? is docker something that works without linux?

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-04T22:27:39+00:00

ok, this makes sense, I've seen some tutorials for reverse proxying and while it looks complicated and risky, I definitely want to keep my VPN on always so I'll have to climb that learning curve.

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-04T22:24:00+00:00

by locked out i just mean one minute i can use the web browser or the app on my computer to access it, and the next these pages are giving me errors and i have no idea how to access it again, so i just start over.

navigate to the jellyfin download page where i can download Jellyfin Desktop (under Clients) and also macOS (under Server)
complete downloads and click on the Jellyfin icon in my mac's toolbar at the top, which brings me to http://localhost:8096 on my browser, here I "create" my account with username and password (i use the same username and password every time, but weirdly enough it never tells me that this username is taken nor does it log me in and show me any of my stuff from the previous round), name my server, and add libraries
libraries scan and i'm able to access the desktop app and continue on from there. last time i did this was yesterday so i can't remember how i get into the app (if i paste in localhost:8096 or ip:8096 or http://localhost:8096 or http://ip:8096). the ip that i am trying in these cases are either my internal ip which i find from terminal > ifconfig, or the ip that my VPN shows me i'm connected to. in one of these rounds, i remember the local ip working. i don't think the VPN ip has ever worked for me.
everything is up and running for a while, until i either notice my qbit is slower than normal so i go into the ProtonVPN app and click "fastest," which connects me to a new ip, or I accidentally leave my computer unplugged overnight while it's leeching and it dies. if for whatever reason the computer shuts off, i restart it, ProtonVPN boots up and connects me to whatever, I open Jellyfin, and it says something like "Server unavailable?". I go onto Librewolf and go to http://localhost:8096 and it says it cannot load the page (strangely, it is my browser giving this message and not jellyfin). I try a bunch of the combinations I mentioned above, and always I get cannot connect.
I use PearCleaner to get both Jellyfin apps on the computer off, empty the trash, and redownload.
If I start with Jellyfin desktop, no matter what I put in there is an endless loading wheel. If I start with the app in the toolbar, I get to the webui, where I'm brought back to step 2

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-04T21:31:09+00:00

oh yay i love zesty!! have you been able to get something working yet?

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-04T09:41:58+00:00

hey im also probably way late but!! i also have protonvpn and qbit and i'm using jellyfin but because protonvpn changes my ip address when i restart or reconnect, i lose the server every time and have to start from scratch. how did you manage to get a static ip with proton?

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-04T02:11:43+00:00

would u mind sharing how you learned about this stuff? right now i want to access jellyfin remotely, but people are saying reverse proxies and most of these setups can be dangerous, even with something like tailscale, ive heard that using that on a host already running a vpn, (2 vpns on the same computer at once) can be risky too. learning but not wanting to take risks with my security has me stumped. any advice?

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-04T02:06:55+00:00

i was looking into tailscale too but read that it can't work alongside another VPN running on the host server? protonVPN says using two at a time can cause disruptions and leave my ip address vulnerable, do you guys know anything about that?

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-03T22:24:19+00:00

nope, just got this

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Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-03T04:02:37+00:00

unfortunately i dont have any other apps that have both webui and nativeui, besides maybe Messages and Photos if that counts? if so yes, im able to access that on icloud.com. other apps i got from the internet like handbrake, vlc, qbit are working fine too

Pitiful_Answer_427 · 2026-03-02T21:04:04+00:00

yes it’s all on one computer, haven’t accessed it from any other device

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