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Jellyfin Media Server

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Install type: Bare Metal Proxmox LXC Container

Bare Metal Installation

Source: https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/installation/linux#repository-manual

Install base packages
```
sudo apt install -y curl gnupg
```

Import the GPG signing key (signed by the Jellyfin Team):

sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings

curl -fsSL https://repo.jellyfin.org/jellyfin_team.gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/jellyfin.gpg

Add a repository configuration at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jellyfin.sources

export VERSION_OS="$( awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release )"
export VERSION_CODENAME="$( awk -F'=' '/^VERSION_CODENAME=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release )"
export DPKG_ARCHITECTURE="$( dpkg --print-architecture )"
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jellyfin.sources
Types: deb
URIs: https://repo.jellyfin.org/${VERSION_OS}
Suites: ${VERSION_CODENAME}
Components: main
Architectures: ${DPKG_ARCHITECTURE}
Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/jellyfin.gpg
EOF

Update APT repositories
```
sudo apt update
```

Install Jellyfin

sudo apt install -y jellyfin-server jellyfin-web jellyfin-ffmpeg6

Check service status
```
systemctl status --no-pager jellyfin
```

Increase “inotify watchers”

echo 'fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.d/99-jellyfin.conf && sudo sysctl --system

Verify max_user_watches

cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches

Should return 524288

Crontab Update

Add the jellyfin update command to the root crontab to enable automatic updates

Use sudo crontab -e to edit the crontab and add the following to the bottom:

# Update jellyfin
0 6 * * * apt-get update >/dev/null 2>&1; apt-get -y --with-new-pkgs upgrade jellyfin jellyfin-server >/dev/null 2>&1;

The 0 6 in the command indicate 6:00 AM and can be adjusted
For example 8:30 PM would be 30 20 * * *. The thee *s indicate the command runs every day at the time specified
See https://crontab.guru if you need help with time syntax
You can verify the crontab by running
```
sudo crontab -l
```

Setup Jellyfin

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Hardware Acceleration - Bare Metal

Resources: https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/ https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/amd#configure-on-linux-host

Make sure at least one renderD* device exists in /dev/dri

ls -l /dev/dri

Check the supported VA-API codecs:

sudo /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/vainfo --display drm --device /dev/dri/renderD128

Should return vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints

Check the Vulkan runtime status:

sudo /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg -v debug -init_hw_device drm=dr:/dev/dri/renderD128 -init_hw_device vulkan@dr

Should return data for GPU listing:

Install prerequisites

sudo apt install -y va-driver-all ocl-icd-libopencl1 intel-opencl-icd vainfo intel-gpu-tools radeontop

Add the jellyfin user to the render and video group, then restart the jellyfin service:

sudo usermod -aG render jellyfin
sudo usermod -aG video jellyfin
sudo systemctl restart jellyfin

Enable hardware transcoding

Dashboard > Playback > Transcoding
Set “Hardware Acceleration” to “Video Acceleration API(VAAPI)” or “Intel QSC” depending on CPU
Make sure VA-API Device is: /dev/dri/renderD128
Check: “HEVC”
Check: “Enable hardware encoding”

Verify

There is no reliable way to read the occupancy of the VCE/UVD/VCN engines on AMD GPU on Linux. But you can still verify this by reading other engines with the radeontop or intel_gpu_top

Play a video in the Jellyfin web client and trigger a video transcoding by setting a lower resolution or bitrate.
Use the radeontop or intel_gpu_top command to check the occupancy of 3D engines.