Hey all after a few months of giving up on trying to get my server to run I tried again and made it even worse. On a tutorial I was watching it suggested changing the port number. It appears this was a mistake as I can no longer access my sever even after uninstalling the program and reinstalling it. I’ve been fighting it for about a hour if anyone has any suggestions on how to fix this mess please let me know

I’m running my server on a laptop running Linux Mint cinnamon

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[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What have your issues been generally?

When it comes to ports, you need to make sure your firewall is open for your new port number. Can you access the server in a browser on the laptop itself? If so the issue is somewhere else on your network. If not, then the port isn't open in your firewall on Linux Mint.

For me, the biggest issue with setting up Jellyfin has invariably been setting up ffmpeg. I find the online official guide for a straight Linux install does not direct Jellyfin to find ffmpeg correctly - when you're setting up the path to ffmpeg you need to be careful even if you're installing the Jellyfin version of ffmpeg. Even if you install everything in /opt, the official steps don't work for me and I've had to adjust how I write the path in the config file to make it work - even if ffmpeg is in the locations the guide suggests. Even knowing that I've torn my hair out more than once trying to get it to work between reinstalls - everytime for me it came down to the path for ffmpeg.

The other common issue is permissions for Jellyfin to access your media folders. The guide isn't great on fixing those issues either - if you have those issues you're far better googling for solutions.

You may find the docker set up is better and more consistent. It does work well as a Linux service but it's wiki guide is just off enough that it's a pain in the arse to install.