Best Hard Drives and Storage for a Jellyfin Media Server in 2026
How much storage do you need for Jellyfin? Covers HDD vs SSD, best NAS drives, RAID options, shucking external drives, and storage planning based on library size and quality.
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RSSTips, updates, and guides from the JellyWatch team.
Best GPU for Jellyfin Transcoding in 2026: Intel Arc vs NVIDIA vs AMD (Complete Comparison)
Which GPU gives the most transcodes per dollar for Jellyfin? Compares Intel Arc A380/A770, NVIDIA GTX 1650 to RTX 4060, and AMD RX 6600 to RX 7600 with real-world benchmarks, tone mapping quality, and AV1 support.
TRaSH Guides and Recyclarr: Automate Perfect Quality Profiles for Radarr and Sonarr (2026)
Stop guessing quality settings. TRaSH Guides provide community-tested quality profiles for Radarr and Sonarr, and Recyclarr keeps them synced automatically. This guide shows how to set up both for your Jellyfin media stack.
AV1 on Jellyfin 2026: Should You Re-Encode? (Hardware Support, Quality Tests & Honest Verdict)
AV1 promises 30% better compression than HEVC - but is it ready for your Jellyfin library in 2026? This guide covers which GPUs decode and encode AV1, real quality comparisons vs HEVC, client compatibility gaps, and the honest verdict: stay with H.265 for most users, use AV1 only if all clients support it.
