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My first jellyfin setup (piefed.social)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by gigachad@piefed.social to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I really want to get into jellyfin streaming, but I am a noob and have not much knowledge about hardware and video tech, and I could need some help! Please apologize if some of my questions seem uninformed.

My plan is to store my DVDs on an external HDD, I already have some movies stored with makemkv.
I do not want to spend a lot of money, at least for now. Synology is out of question because of enshittification. But I don't have 300-500€ to spend on a mini PC, for a project I might abandon.
What I have is an old Raspberry Pi 3, where I could set up a Jellyfin server on.
From what I gathered, it will be slow AF, but I guess for trying out the technology it should be enough to start?
I want to stream to mobile devices, for example an Android phone or tablet, or my Hisense TV. I know already there is no Jellyfin app for the TV, but I could imagine setting up another pi as a client for it.
Now there is another problem: I do not really understand what transcoding is, or if any if my devices support the H265 codec making transcoding unnecessary.
Can you recommend me a low cost setup, let's say max. 150€? Would a Pi 4/5 work, or does it need to be a mini PC?

I am not really interested very much in 4k, but if it is possible, why not.

Bonus question: How easy would it be to setup remote streaming so my SO could watch with their android phone from home?

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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I know nothing about Hisense TVs but a very cursory look tells me it's a Fire TV? There's a Jellyfin client for those, you just need to sideload it.

One more thought: my Synology NAS (I know...) came with 2 GB of RAM, which was barely enough for Jellyfin, even with nothing else running on it. I added 16 GB and it's very smooth now, with several services running comfortably concurrently. So maybe don't go for the smallest amount of RAM.

[–] gigachad@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nah, it's a cheap Chinese TV with a random OS, so I guess I need to find a workaround. I don't buy at amazon so I thought of another Pi.

Noted, RAM is important.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It doesn't need much RAM, my file server/jellyfin server runs on an old laptop I just have sitting with the lid closed on a desk near my router. I RustDesk into it for anything I need, and I have a split VPN tunnel running at all times, so anything I acquire goes through another IP.

(Had a 256gb SSD laying around I put in it for the OS, and 2 1tb USB hhd's hold media). Jellyfin runs on both our cheap Roku TV's, and our phones if we ever wanted)