I want to be able to understand how to setup a Jellyfin Media Server stack. I get the general gist of some of the tools and know how to use qBittorent with Express VPN bound to it and barely got a basic Jellyfin server setup and connected to my Smart TV but that’s where my knowledge ends.

I’ve read there is so much more that can be done with the *Arrs, Docker, Jellyfin Plug-Ins and other tools but so many resources I look into are geared towards Linux not Windows so it gets confusing.

I’m looking for references to “Noob” guides for setting EVERYTHING up from square one. Things like how to layout your data effectively, understanding and using Docker for Windows if appropriate, best settings for the programs, essential Jellyfin plug-ins, renaming & scraping data for files, how manually downloaded torrent files are handled, if a stack can handle “ripped” files, etc.

Any helpful guidance would be most appreciated. Thanks kindly!

  • liliumstar@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    I would approach it this way:

    1. Learn to configure and install Jellyfin the way you like it. You sound like you have a good start on that. JF handles metadata for you, and you can also manually match items if/when it matches up. The only extra plugins I install are some of the ones for extra metadata providers and TMDB box sets.
    2. Setup Jackett with the qB search so you can run manual searches for stuff against your indexers.
    3. If you want to use docker, learn docker. There’s a million tutorials around. You can use Docker Desktop on Windows if you want a GUI to help you out. Since docker on Windows runs on WSL2, it’s a good opportunity to mess around with Linux if you aren’t familiar.

    From there you can work your way up to full automation and such if you like. I don’t think it’s necessary for most people.

    As for data layout, just make some folders like movies, tv, music, etc, and lay out stuff in there logically. If you have a fancy storage setup, you might do separate shares for them, whatever works for you. Some people like to link from their “download” folder into their actual media folder to keep things clean. You can do hard and soft links on Windows with NTFS, but it’s kind of a pain.