Setting up Jellyfin

                    I got my media server up and running at the house. This time, I decided to go with Jellyfin. The last time I did it, I used Plex Plex.
                I don't have anything really against Plex. These are just some things that have changed over the years that I am not a fan of.
                So, I thought I would post about it and talk through some things I experienced while doing it. I want to give
                a big thanks to BigBearTechWorld for his video on installing 
                Jellyfin on proxmox. The link and all the other links are at the end of the post. I have proxmox running on a Dell T430 server.
                    

                    

                    Honestly, installing instances on Proxmox has become much easier thanks to the install scripts that the community has made.
                I did select advance to change up a few options. 4 cores, 10 GB storage, and 4 GB of RAM. It was a bit overkill, but I wanted to ensure it was good to go. Plus, I have the extra resources. Selected default for everything else. Then, the install script did the
                rest. Very straightforward. It prints out the IP and port you need to access the Jellyfin web interface.
                Set up the root user for Jellyfin, then point it to your media folder. It's super simple.
                    

                    

                    Two of my favorite things so far have been the ability to pull info from an online movie database and the fact it can recognize if
                a movie has multiple parts. Of course, The Lord of the Rings series had to be first in my collection. I ripped it to disk and 
                set it up for Jellyfin to stream. Each movie has two parts. On the Jellyfin interface, it just shows the movie. When you click it,
                you have options and the info it pulls from the movie database. You can hit play, and it will play the first
                part. Once you are done, you can go back and scroll down a bit. There will be the second part of the movie. I was worried
                about organizing, which was such a huge relief.
                    

                    

                    I went a step further and set up port forwarding on my router and modem so I could access Jellyfin from outside my house. 
                Thankfully, my internet provider gives us dedicated IP addresses. It makes things like this a lot simpler. If your provider doesn't 
                do that or offers a static IP address, you can use a service like ngrok to allow an outside connection. They do offer a 
                free tier, but if you try it out and like it, please sign up for the personal developer tier. They are worth the money, in
                my opinion.
                    

                    

                    I plan to post a walkthrough on setting up Jellyfin on Proxomx and the basics of port forwarding. Once I post that, I
                will add a link to the left and a link 'here'.
                    

                    

                    

                    Link to BigBearTechWorld video.