Best Hard Drives and Storage for a Jellyfin Media Server in 2026
How much storage do you need for Jellyfin? Covers HDD vs SSD, best NAS drives, RAID options, shucking external drives, and storage planning based on library size and quality.
News & updates
RSSTips, updates, and guides from the JellyWatch team.
Jellyfin Scheduled Tasks: Stop Background CPU Spikes (Optimization Guide 2026)
Jellyfin runs dozens of background tasks that can spike CPU and cause buffering during playback. This guide explains every task, which to disable, how to reschedule heavy tasks (Trickplay, Intro Skipper, chapter extraction) to run overnight, and how to monitor their impact.
Jellyfin Fail2Ban Setup Guide (2026): Block Brute-Force Login Attacks Automatically
Protect your internet-exposed Jellyfin server from brute-force login attacks with Fail2Ban. Covers installation, Jellyfin log parsing, jail configuration, Docker setup, and Cloudflare integration.
Jellyfin on Windows 2026: Install, Hardware Transcoding & Run as a Service (Windows 10/11)
Run and optimize Jellyfin on Windows 10/11 in 2026. Covers installation as a Windows Service, Intel QSV and NVIDIA NVENC hardware transcoding, firewall rules, Windows Defender exclusions, sleep prevention, and remote access via Cloudflare Tunnel or Tailscale. Not to be confused with Windows Server - this guide targets home desktop PCs.
Fix Jellyfin No Sound: Audio Not Working, Missing Audio Tracks, and Codec Issues (2026)
Jellyfin playing video but no audio? This guide covers every cause - unsupported codecs like TrueHD and DTS, wrong audio track selection, client compatibility, transcoding failures, and passthrough settings - with fixes for each scenario.
Fix Jellyfin Not Finding Media: Library Empty, Missing Movies, and Scan Issues (2026)
Jellyfin library showing empty after adding media? Movies not appearing after a scan? This complete troubleshooting guide covers every cause - file permissions, naming errors, Docker volume mapping, NAS mount issues, and metadata scan failures - with step-by-step fixes.
Jellyfin on Proxmox 2026: LXC vs VM - GPU Passthrough in 5 Minutes (Intel & NVIDIA)
Run Jellyfin on Proxmox with hardware transcoding in an LXC container or VM. This guide covers Intel QSV device mapping (3 lines of config), NVIDIA PCI passthrough, NAS storage mounting via NFS/SMB, performance tuning, and the community helper script that automates the entire setup.
How to Install Seerr in 2026: Complete Setup Guide for Docker, Linux, Unraid, and Windows
Seerr is the official successor to Jellyseerr and Overseerr - the most popular media request platform for Jellyfin and Emby. This complete installation guide covers Docker Compose on Linux, Unraid Community Apps, Windows setup, Jellyfin and Emby integration, Radarr and Sonarr connection, and user management.
Jellyfin Is Dropping Version 10: Why the Next Release Will Be 12.0 and What It Means for You
After the turbulent 10.11 release, the Jellyfin team is considering a major versioning change - dropping the "10" prefix entirely and jumping to 12.0. This article explains the community debate that triggered it, what the new versioning signals, and what features are planned for the next major release.
