Latest success Jellyfin rocks!

2026-06-28 15:06 UTC

Hey Hosters! Just wanted to share that I got Jellyfin installed and set up on my Windows 2022 Server, and it’s working great! I didn’t even know there was a version for WIndows. How do you like that? I know this is probably “the usual” for everyone here, but I’m genuinely excited that I managed to get it all running smoothly. After getting the server up, I went through the basics (users/permissions, library paths, and making sure everything was reachable on the network) and it all just worked. The interface is super clean, playback is nice and responsive, and it feels like I’ve been missing out on this until now. Huge thanks to the Jellyfin team and the community! This project is awesome!! If anyone is stuck, please don’t give up. keep poking at the configuration and it’ll pay off. Now I just need to spend some time organizing my libraries! Happy Hosting!

Replies (6)

@Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2026-06-28 17:57

How did you handle the reverse proxy in Windows for remote access?

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@suzune@ani.social 2026-06-28 15:19

Personally, I think that installing it on a bare metal Windows Server system is quite an achievement. I have it installed using docker compose on Linux. So my setup is rather unspectacular.

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@originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 2026-06-28 15:10

its kinda crazy having your own personal netflix, right? i originally used it so my kids could watch cartoons in school

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@JRaccoon@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-06-28 20:46

Asking out of curiosity: is there a specific reason you’re running Windows on your server? I used to do the same on my home servers because that’s what we used to have at work, and I wanted to learn and test some stuff. But it was a difficult road, to put it mildly. Simple things, like getting Docker autostart on boot seemed almost impossible. At some point I just gave up and switched to Linux.

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@roofuskit@lemmy.world 2026-06-28 15:12

Windows can run docker, so there’s versions of most things that will run on windows.

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@Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 2026-06-28 15:23

Jellyfin is great for single-file movies, but sadly can’t play DVDs properly, unless you rip the movie out into a single file first. I hope they add proper DVD/BlueRay support with menues etc at some point. Because where do you get legal movies and shows other than on DVD or BlueRay?

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