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)

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Are there any ways to improve my setup? should i upgrade to a better server ( i was thinking a HP ProDesk 600 G3 SFF)

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  • PermanentLiminality@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m running a lot more on a J4125 and it’s been working great. I don’t have 4 users playing in parallel.

    You should be able to get this to support hardware quicksync. However, if not you can try:

    • Load Jellyfin on the root system bypassing all the permissions setup issues
    • Load Proxmox and then the Jellyfin LXC from https://tteck.github.io/Proxmox/ as it has the needed settings