Jellyfin is an open source media streaming tool that lets you build your own home media system, let’s say your personal Netflix or Plex. You can arrange your media – Movies, Music, Books, Podcasts and be able to access them on a web interface which you can also customize to fit your needs.
Jellyfin server can be setup on a Linux environment and content accessed instantly from different devices using browsers and mobile apps.
You can easily link your media server to Jellyfin Android/iOS App and enjoy your media on the go!
This guide will explain how to setup Jellyfin server on CentOS 8|Rocky Linux 8 and configure the server for media streaming.
Let’s dive right in!
Step 1 – Install FFmpeg
FFmpeg is used for media encoding/transcoding. It doesn’t ship with CentOS so we have to install it.
Use the commands below to install FFmpeg:
- Install EPEL-Release
sudo yum -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm- Install RPM Fusion Repository
sudo yum -y install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-8.noarch.rpm https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/el/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-8.noarch.rpm- Install SDL2 Library
sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools
sudo dnf install -y SDL2- Install FFmpeg
sudo yum -y install ffmpeg ffmpeg-develStep 2 – Download Jellyfin rpm package
Install wget package.
sudo yum -y install wget- Download and install Jellyfin-server and Jellyfin-web rpm packages.
## Jellyfin server
VER=10.8.13
wget https://repo.jellyfin.org/releases/server/centos/stable/server/jellyfin-server-$VER-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
## jellyfin-web
wget https://repo.jellyfin.org/releases/server/centos/stable/web/jellyfin-web-$VER-1.el7.noarch.rpmInstall the packages using yum command:
## Jellyfin-server
sudo yum -y localinstall jellyfin-server-*.rpm
##jellyfin-web
sudo yum -y localinstall jellyfin-web-*.rpm- Start and enable Jellyfin service:
sudo systemctl enable jellyfin
sudo systemctl start jellyfinCheck if Jellyfin service has started successfully:
systemctl status jellyfinSample output:
Your media server is now running and should be accessible via http://server-IP:8096.
If you have firewall enabled, you should allow connections to the server through the port 8096
sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=8096/tcp --permanentStep 3 – Configure Jellyfin Media server
Open the web interface and configure initial setup:
Setup Admin user acount
Login with your admin credentials you created in the step above. You will be required to setup your media library, choosing the type of media you want to stream and setting up of the content directories.
Setup your media system and add content to the jellyfin server in the folders you specified
Click Add Media Library to add a different Library then Next
Check the Allow remote connections box to allow connections from remote devices.
You will then be redirected to the dashboard where you can now see the media that you have uploaded to the folders appear.
Content metadata such as banners, Movie information including Cast Crew and ratings will be downloaded automatically (If available).
Metadata:
You can also play content:
You can also access the content from mobile applications available on Google PlayStore and Apple AppStore.
Enjoy your streaming experience!!
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] sudo yum install -y SDL2
RPM Fusion for EL 8 – Free – Updates 315 kB/s | 297 kB 00:00
RPM Fusion for EL 8 – Nonfree – Updates 183 kB/s | 87 kB 00:00
No match for argument: SDL2
Error: Unable to find a match: SDL2
It seems that the required SDL2 package is no longer available in epel or RPM Fusion.
Do you have any suggestions, besides compiling it from scratch?
(This was done on a virgin, but updated copy of Rocky 8.6)
Thank you, in advance.
Hello John. I’ve followed the steps on Rocky 8 and I could install SDL2. Confirm of Remi and EPEL repos are configured correctly.
Hi Josphat, Try installing it on a virgin install of Rocky 8.6, say as a VM on your favorite method of spinning up a virtual host. My guess is that you installed other stuff on your machine, and it made a change to your repositories or a default config thereof. But I’ve been doing software development since the 1970’s, and have been using the CentOS/RHEL line of OS’s for about a decade… If i go get SDL2’s rpm and do a local install, then things work fine – but those are not your instructions…
You’re right. We noted powertools repo has to be enabled before you can install SDL2 package:
sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertoolsSee updated guide on the same.
Yep. Much better now for those who are counting on the instructions to work for them. As a note – before I hit “publish” on a how-to post, I always try my instructions on a virgin spin-up of the associated operating system. It always catches little stuff, given that my mission control system has already loaded just about every package known to mankind, that would otherwise sneak through my instructions… And thank you for the follow-up…