i am currently running jellyfin in a container on a Fujitsu S540.
It only runs jellyfin and my proxy manager
I have about 4 users now using the service and have gotten feedback that it lags alot as in long wait times before the show/movie starts. Buffering during the media etc.
I have looked into hardware acceleration and found it to be kind of difficult with a container.
Does changing the media player to for example vlc do anything good for this?
Do i need to transcode my media before i upload it? When i add something i really just put it up there how i downloaded it (even 4k) and stuff and from what ive seen people transcode their media first (i also have no experience with transcoding but have looked into its use)
Are there any ways to improve my setup? should i upgrade to a better server ( i was thinking a HP ProDesk 600 G3 SFF)
The two software transcoders I use are, Handbrake and MakeMKV. Of the two, MakeMKV does a really good job and it can tackle Blu-Ray too. Downside, the output files are rather large.
This is where Handbrake comes in. It can really slim down the bloated output from the forma to a more modest size. If you have enough disk capacity, you can skip Handbrake.
Finally, import into Jellyfin. To output to the family TV (not 4K), I’m using a modestly priced Roku streaming device that has a Jellyfin client and it does a pretty good job.
I believe, to achieve 4K you will need to transcode with a GPU.
Currently, I’ve around 520 movies and probably around a 1000 TV episodes on my Jellyfin server, all transcoded mainly from DVDs and some Blu-ray disks I’ve bought.
So lets say i aquire a movie file, i “put it in the transcoder”, it becomes the desired quality fitting for jellyfin and then i upload it? until now i just downloaded the media in 1080, 720, 4k and just uploaded it as they came
If you’re downloading movies and they are in a file format that Jellyfin can use, there’s nothing more to do. If not, use Handbrake to transform them into a usable format.