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title: Setup Guide
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---
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**Jellyfin** Media Server is a free fully open-source solution to watch your media from anywhere
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and our app is a simple way to install it on your TrueNAS SCALE server.
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## Requirements
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- Jellyfin TrueCharts Chart
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- Installation of the TrueCharts Catalog, starting [here](/deprecated/scale/#adding-truecharts)
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## Media Storage
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- We recommend having configured your media before installing the chart.
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Most people will have their media inside their TrueNAS box,
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and for that you can simply follow our [Adding Storage](/deprecated/scale/guides/add-storage)
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guide to `Add Additional App Storage` to **Jellyfin** for their media folder.
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- However some will prefer `NFS Shares` for this storage,
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as they may need to share these folders with other users on other
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devices outside of TrueNAS, so we recommend following the [using NFS Shares guide](/deprecated/scale/guides/nfs-share/).
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## Install Jellyfin inside TrueNAS SCALE
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- Select `Apps` inside the `TrueNAS` menu,
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- Then choose the `Available Applications` tab,
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- and search for `jellyfin`
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- Click the Install button, and you’ll be prompted to set up the **Jellyfin** software.
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- Most of the settings can be left at the default values, but ensure you select the correct
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timezone before scrolling down to the Networking and Services section.
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Take note of the default port (8096) that **Jellyfin** is listening on, and move down to Storage and Persistence.
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### Jellyfin Configuration Storage
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The Jellyfin software itself will have some integrated configuration storage included
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with a “PVC” storage type - make sure not to change this, as it’s the preferred and supported option from TrueCharts.
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### Jellyfin App Transcode Storage
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Users can choose from the default PVC for the **Jellyfin** App Transcode directory or they can
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change the App Transcode Storage to the emptyDir type, with the Default storage medium.
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More advanced users with a large amount of RAM in their TrueNAS machine might consider
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changing the transcoding space to use the Memory storage medium. Note that this can potentially
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consume a large amount of memory if you’re streaming high-definition video content, or multiple streams at the same time.
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### Jellyfin Media Storage
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To add your media directory inside **Jellyfin** you have to click on `Add` in the `Additional App Storage` section.
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Depending on your media type (HostPath or NFS) feel free to follow the guides linked earlier in this guide.
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As an example we'll add an existing `NFS Share` as many users will have that for their media storage.
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- Select an NFS Share for the type of storage
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- Enter `localhost` or the `IP address` for your NFS server.
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- Enter the path to your media folder, making sure to match the capitalization,
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- Fill out and take note of a Mount Path that your **Jellyfin** server will access it through. Mark this as Read Only.
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Repeat this process for each additional media folder you may have.
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If you have a GPU in your TrueNAS system that’s capable of video transcoding in hardware,
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you can add it to **Jellyfin** under the Resources and Devices section.
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Scroll to the bottom of the window and click Save.
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Once you hit Save, the process of downloading and setting up **Jellyfin** will begin.
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Switch back to the Installed Applications tab, and wait for the application to switch
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from Deploying to Active - once it does, click the Open button to launch the **Jellyfin** welcome portal.
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## Jellyfin Initial Setup
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Select your language, define a user to be used for administrative purposes in **Jellyfin**
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(as well as your first playback) and then choose the Add Media Library button.
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Choose the media type (or as best as you can match it) and click the (+) sign beside Folders to add a Mount Path that you shared over NFS from above.
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- If required, add more media libraries - music, TV shows, photos - and then click Next.
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- Set your default metadata language for obtaining media information from the Internet,
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and leave the Allow remote connections to this server option checked - otherwise,
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you won’t be able to view anything you just made available.
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- Click on Finish and you’ll be sent to the dashboard, where you can log in as the user you set up during the wizard, and start watching your shows!
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## Support
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- You can also reach us using [Discord](https://discord.gg/tVsPTHWTtr) for real-time feedback and support
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- If you found a bug in our chart, open a Github [issue](https://github.com/truecharts/apps/issues/new/choose)
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- For further information on operating **Jellyfin** itself, start with their [Quick Start Guide](https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/quick-start).
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