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Accessing Jellyfin Help (europe.pub)

submitted 4 days ago by Kelp@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Good morning all,

I'm having an issue with my Jellyfin server and hoping that you lovely wizards can help me...again.

So I initially tried and failed to set up Jellyfin on elementaryOS(skill issue), I wasn't really invested in the OS so I just switched to Ubuntu. Things have been much easier for the get go. I now have set up Jellyfin on my ubuntu 24.04.2 and uploaded my library from my external hdd. Now I cant figure out how to connect other devices so I can watch my media on my macbook. I currently also use a PIA vpn with port forwarding on due to my qbit seeding. I feel like that is important info. I've looked up how to connect while one the same network but since I need my vpn to stay on I'm feeling a little outside my depth again. Ultimate goal is to be able to access my library on other devices mainly, mainly my macbook, while also being able to seed from Qbit safely.

I appreciate any assistance you all can offer!

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[–] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I think I understand your question. The VPN should let you connect in the exact same method you use when you're on the same network. Example: connecting to http://192.168.X.X:8096 when local, is exactly how you would with the VPN on.

[–] 51dusty@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think pia is full tunnel by default. he may need to turn on split tunneling...

[–] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

Ohhh, I think I understand now, they can't connect to jellyfin because that computer has the VPN on. I thought their question was turning on a VPN to connect to Jellyfin outside their house.

Then yea split tunneling would be a good solution. Set up so only the torrent application uses the VPN. Or that Jellyfin is excluded from the tunnel.

Unfortunately I'm not too up to date on VPNs and which offer that. Perhaps their network equipment could apply the VPN to only the torrent traffic, and then they match the port number used inside the torrent application's settings?