I want to be able to understand how to setup a Jellyfin Media Server stack. I get the general gist of some of the tools and know how to use qBittorent with Express VPN bound to it and barely got a basic Jellyfin server setup and connected to my Smart TV but that's where my knowledge ends.

I've read there is so much more that can be done with the *Arrs, Docker, Jellyfin Plug-Ins and other tools but so many resources I look into are geared towards Linux not Windows so it gets confusing.

I'm looking for references to "Noob" guides for setting EVERYTHING up from square one. Things like how to layout your data effectively, understanding and using Docker for Windows if appropriate, best settings for the programs, essential Jellyfin plug-ins, renaming & scraping data for files, how manually downloaded torrent files are handled, if a stack can handle "ripped" files, etc.

Any helpful guidance would be most appreciated. Thanks kindly!

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[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Docker isn't needed for Jellyfin. It can be just installed like a regular program. I don't know about any Arr stacks but Jellyfin by default will identify and fetch metadata for any media included in its library. The library structure that I use is one folder for music, one for TV shows, and one for movies. That's it. I just copy over manually downloaded or ripped files.

I use Linux for hosting Jellyfin but the setup was minimal, it was just some Linux specific file permission stuff. Before you get too far into it just download Jellyfin and give it a try! You might be surprised how little setup is needed.