I don’t want to run a server all the time, just when I want to watch movies. I’ll try to disable UFW and see if that works. Why would UFW block the 8096 port and not the VLC media server?
I gave access to all the files. My next try is going to be the Ubuntu Firewall. I’ll disable that and try again. Also, I couldn’t get VLC to work until I changed the files name from “Movies” to “Watch”. For some reason it won’t work with the filename “Movies”. Maybe it’s the same with JellyFin.
Plenty are running home servers from laptops, especially here on the fediverse that’s not unheard of…
It should not make any difference what hardware he’s running for jellyfin. Still honestly not a pleasant experience to get it to run from what I recall.
I’m no OS fanatic… I run dozens of rhel servers at work, few windows ones, make music on Mac and play on steamOS and keep a windows on a box due to hardware limitations on music instruments.
So I’m no stranger to Linux.
With that in mind some packages are more of a pain to setup than others… and that one is not a good memory. I rolled back to plex in the end…
Why are you trying to run jellyfin server from a laptop?
Also make sure ufw isn’t getting in the way. Wouldn’t be shocked if Ubuntu keeps that enabled for security.
Kubuntu has it off by default, user needs to enable it, I would guess it is the same in Ubuntu
I don’t want to run a server all the time, just when I want to watch movies. I’ll try to disable UFW and see if that works. Why would UFW block the 8096 port and not the VLC media server?
Ah assumed when you said VLC, you where just plugging the laptop into the TV via HDMI or something.
I also read you mentioned you where able to login but not see files, so wrong route to go down.
I gave access to all the files. My next try is going to be the Ubuntu Firewall. I’ll disable that and try again. Also, I couldn’t get VLC to work until I changed the files name from “Movies” to “Watch”. For some reason it won’t work with the filename “Movies”. Maybe it’s the same with JellyFin.
Plenty are running home servers from laptops, especially here on the fediverse that’s not unheard of… It should not make any difference what hardware he’s running for jellyfin. Still honestly not a pleasant experience to get it to run from what I recall.
Oh yeah no I’ve seen as home servers with a built in UPS. Their usecase sounded like they where using their daily driver laptop though.
Highly energy efficient as well.
I’m no OS fanatic… I run dozens of rhel servers at work, few windows ones, make music on Mac and play on steamOS and keep a windows on a box due to hardware limitations on music instruments.
So I’m no stranger to Linux.
With that in mind some packages are more of a pain to setup than others… and that one is not a good memory. I rolled back to plex in the end…