Tips, updates, and guides from the JellyWatch team.
A complete guide to installing Emby Server in 2026 Docker Compose setup, hardware transcoding with Intel QSV and NVIDIA NVENC, Caddy reverse proxy, library configuration, and Emby Premiere activation. Everything you need to go from zero to streaming.
Everything you need to install Jellyfin in 2026 Docker Compose with hardware transcoding, reverse proxy with Caddy, library setup, and first-run configuration. The fastest path from zero to a fully working self-hosted media server.
Oracle Always Free Tier gives you a permanent 4-core ARM VM with 24 GB RAM and 10 TB of monthly bandwidth - enough to run a Jellyfin server at zero cost. This step-by-step guide covers account creation, Docker deployment, port configuration, media mounting, and the real-world limitations you need to know before starting.
Expose your Jellyfin server securely with a reverse proxy. This guide starts with Nginx Proxy Manager (the easiest GUI-based option for beginners), then covers Caddy (simplest config file) and Traefik (most powerful for large stacks) - with complete Docker Compose configurations and SSL setup for each.
Deploy a complete Jellyfin Docker Compose stack with hardware transcoding in 2026. Copy-paste configurations for Intel QSV and NVIDIA NVENC GPU passthrough, Caddy reverse proxy with automatic SSL, Radarr, Sonarr, and Jellyseerr - from zero to streaming in under 10 minutes.
