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services:jellyfin [2024/11/28 12:48] – willyservices:jellyfin [2025/08/07 07:53] (current) – willy
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 A brief summary: A brief summary:
-  * JellyFin is open-source, you have full control on your media collection and vieweing.+  * JellyFin is open-source, you have full control on your media collection and viewing.
   * Emby used to be open-source, so i will pass on that. The only positive thing might be more clients (es: Samsung TV) than JellyFin.   * Emby used to be open-source, so i will pass on that. The only positive thing might be more clients (es: Samsung TV) than JellyFin.
   * Plex is a proprietary solution that uses it's own servers to stream to you your collection. It's a hard pass for me.   * Plex is a proprietary solution that uses it's own servers to stream to you your collection. It's a hard pass for me.
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 ===== Installation ===== ===== Installation =====
  
-You are lucky and the JellyFin mediaserver can be easily installed on Gentoo linux. You need to unmask it first:+You are lucky and the JellyFin media-server can be easily installed on Gentoo linux. You need to unmask it first:
 <code bash> <code bash>
 echo www-apps/jellyfin ~amd64 >> /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/servarr echo www-apps/jellyfin ~amd64 >> /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/servarr
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   * the cache folder under /var/cache/jellyfin   * the cache folder under /var/cache/jellyfin
   * the configuration folder under /etc/jellyfin/   * the configuration folder under /etc/jellyfin/
-  * the logs folder under /var/logs/jellyfin+  * the logs folder under /var/logs/jellyfin, which is just fine
  
 which i don't like for a few reasons: which i don't like for a few reasons:
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 mv /var/cache/jellyfin /data/daemons/jellyfin/cache mv /var/cache/jellyfin /data/daemons/jellyfin/cache
 mv /etc/jellyfin /data/daemons/jellyfin/config mv /etc/jellyfin /data/daemons/jellyfin/config
-mv /var/logs/jellyfin /data/daemons/jellyfin/logs 
 </code> </code>
  
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 # This is the directory that will hold all Jellyfin data, and is also used as a default base directory for some other paths below. # This is the directory that will hold all Jellyfin data, and is also used as a default base directory for some other paths below.
 JELLYFIN_DATA_DIR=/data/daemons/jellyfin/data JELLYFIN_DATA_DIR=/data/daemons/jellyfin/data
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-# This is the directory where the Jellyfin logs will be stored. 
-JELLYFIN_LOG_DIR=/data/daemons/jellyfin/logs 
  
 # This is the directory containing the server cache. # This is the directory containing the server cache.
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 Create the file **/etc/logrotata.d/jellyfin**: Create the file **/etc/logrotata.d/jellyfin**:
 <file - jellyfin> <file - jellyfin>
-/data/daemons/jellyfin/logs/*.log {+/var/logs/jellyfin/*.log {
     missingok     missingok
     notifempty     notifempty