Tips, updates, and guides from the JellyWatch team.
Serve your Jellyfin library to users worldwide with low latency using Cloudflare R2 for storage and Workers for edge logic. This advanced guide covers uploading media to R2, creating STRM files for Jellyfin, building a Worker that handles range requests and authentication, cost analysis vs traditional VPS hosting, and the honest limitations of this approach.
Run Jellyfin on Kubernetes using K3s for automatic restarts, rolling updates, and multi-node scaling. This guide covers K3s installation, Helm chart deployment, Intel GPU device plugin for hardware transcoding, persistent volume claims for config and media, Ingress with cert-manager for HTTPS, and horizontal pod autoscaling.
Every tool in the self-hosted media ecosystem explained, how they connect, and the exact data flow from a user requesting a movie to it playing on their TV. Covers Seerr, Prowlarr, Radarr, Sonarr, qBittorrent, Bazarr, Tdarr, Jellyfin, and monitoring. Includes the complete Docker Compose and visual architecture.
You left Plex. Your media is on Jellyfin or Emby. Everything works, except you have no idea who is watching what. Tautulli was your dashboard for years and it does not work with anything except Plex. This guide covers every replacement option: JellyWatch for mobile monitoring with push notifications, Jellystat for web-based analytics, Streamystats for lightweight stats, and how to combine them for complete visibility.
Plex just announced its Lifetime Pass will jump from $250 to $750 on July 1, 2026, the second massive price hike in 18 months. The self-hosting community is in revolt. This guide covers what happened, what it means for your server, and how to migrate to Jellyfin or Emby this weekend, including replacing Tautulli with proper monitoring tools.
Profilarr is a free, open-source platform that lets you build, test, and deploy quality profiles and custom formats across multiple Radarr and Sonarr instances. Link curated databases like Dictionarry or TRaSH Guides, test regex patterns and custom formats with a C# parser matching Arr logic, simulate profile scoring, then sync everything to your instances in one click. Includes automated upgrades, bulk rename, and scheduled jobs.
From credits detection to home screen curation, from Watch Party sync to WebStreams import, the Emby plugin ecosystem in 2026 is more active than most people realize. This complete guide covers every official and community plugin, all supported clients, notification integrations, and the tools that make Emby a serious self-hosted media platform.
ARVIO is a free, open-source Android TV app that combines Jellyfin, Plex, Emby, Stremio addons, IPTV, Trakt sync, and streaming catalogs into one beautiful remote-first interface. No server required, no ads, no subscriptions. This guide covers everything you need to know.
JellyEmu transforms your Jellyfin server into a retro gaming platform. Import your ROM collection, fetch metadata from IGDB and RAWG, and play NES, SNES, PlayStation, N64, and 30+ consoles directly in the Jellyfin web interface using EmulatorJS - no separate emulator needed.
