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Jellyfin on Proxmox (feddit.de)

submitted 2 years ago by glasgitarrewelt@feddit.de to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I want to use Jellyfin on Proxmox, if that is a thing. After reading a post here where most people recommended Debian as host OS I want to make a VM running Debian and install Jellyfin Server there.

Now I have a few questions:

I see many people install Jellyfin via docker. Does that have any advantages? I would prefer to avoid docker as it adds a level of complexity for me.
where do I save my media? I have a loose plan to run a second VM running openMediaVault where all my HDDs are passed through and then use NFS to mount a folder on the Jellyfin VM. Is that a sane path?
what do I have to consider on Proxmox, to get the best hardware results on Jellyfin? Do I need some special passthrough magic to get it running smoothly? I don't have a dedicated GPU, does that make the configuration easier?

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Docker lets the maintainers configure all of the dependencies for you. You then don't need to worry about whether you're using debian, ubuntu or even fedora. When you upgrade jellyfin you just pick the new tag to pull without worrying about whether it needs a new version of ffmpeg or if it works with avconv.

It gets you out of the business of trying to maintain compatibility and just keeping your os up to date.

Feel free to use lxc though. I had issues with using lxc that I couldn't work around so I use cloudinit ubuntu/debian images instead. I think the issue I had was actually using NFS but I don't remember...