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jellyfin

5 published articles

Aug 24, 2026

Build Your *arr Stack: A Step-by-Step Docker Media Automation Guide

A practical start-to-finish Ubuntu and Docker walkthrough for building a media automation stack with Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Prowlarr, Bazarr, Seerr, SABnzbd, Deluge, Gluetun, and Jellyfin, adapted from TRaSH Guides and Mathias Furenes' Synology ARR-stack guide.

Jul 29, 2026

What Hardware Transcoding Actually Changed in Jellyfin

How GPU acceleration reduced CPU pressure without removing codec, subtitle, network, container, and client constraints.

Jul 17, 2026

The *arr Stack on Ubuntu with Docker: Architecture & Reference Guide (2026 Edition)

A reference guide to the storage, identity, networking, security, recovery, and service boundaries behind a Docker-based *arr media automation stack.

Jul 17, 2026

The Definitive Guide to Jellyfin on Ubuntu with Docker (2026 Edition)

A practical, start-to-finish guide to deploying, securing, accelerating, backing up, upgrading, and troubleshooting Jellyfin 12 on Ubuntu Server with Docker Compose.

Jul 16, 2026

Why I Self-Host Jellyfin

Why I chose Jellyfin for my media library and what running it taught me about storage, containers, networking, metadata, and client devices.