Tips, updates, and guides from the JellyWatch team.
Swiftfin is the official free Jellyfin client for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. Version 1.4 brought a full navigation overhaul and Jellyfin 10.11 support. This guide covers installation, playback settings, codec support, and how Swiftfin compares to Infuse in 2026.
Direct Play uses zero CPU. Transcoding can max out your server. This guide explains every playback method in Jellyfin, why transcoding happens, how to identify it, and how to force Direct Play on every client for the best quality and lowest server load.
LG is the second best-selling TV brand worldwide and runs webOS - a platform with an official Jellyfin app in the LG Content Store. This guide covers installation, codec compatibility, OLED-specific settings, and what to do when the native app falls short.
Emby and Plex are the two biggest commercial media servers in 2026. This honest comparison covers pricing, hardware transcoding, mobile apps, privacy, Live TV, and which one deserves your money - or whether you should skip both for Jellyfin.
Findroid, the official Jellyfin Android app, or JellyWatch for Android TV? Full comparison covering UI, offline downloads, TV remote navigation, 4K HDR Direct Play, and Jellyseerr integration — and which client wins on each screen.
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.
Jellyfin library showing empty after adding media? Movies not appearing after a scan? This complete troubleshooting guide covers every cause - file permissions, naming errors, Docker volume mapping, NAS mount issues, and metadata scan failures - with step-by-step fixes.
Samsung Smart TVs run Tizen OS and Jellyfin is not in the Samsung app store. This guide covers the easiest method: a single Docker command that builds and deploys the Jellyfin Tizen app to your TV in under 2 minutes. No Tizen Studio, no complex setup. Plus alternatives if sideloading is not for you.
Run Jellyfin on Proxmox with hardware transcoding in an LXC container or VM. This guide covers Intel QSV device mapping (3 lines of config), NVIDIA PCI passthrough, NAS storage mounting via NFS/SMB, performance tuning, and the community helper script that automates the entire setup.
