Tips, updates, and guides from the JellyWatch team.
Add a Netflix-style Skip Intro button to Jellyfin. This complete guide covers the correct repository, installation, the settings that matter, the initial analysis and its CPU cost, client compatibility, and how to fix detection that fails.
The Jellyfin dashboard is where everything happens - users, libraries, plugins, transcoding, networking. This complete admin reference explains every section, which settings matter, and how to configure them for a real-world setup.
The NVIDIA Shield TV remains the best Android TV streaming device for Jellyfin in 2026. This guide covers Direct Play setup, TrueHD and DTS-HD audio passthrough, Dolby Vision configuration, Match Content settings, and how the Shield compares to Apple TV, Fire TV, and Mini PC alternatives.
WatchState is a self-hosted tool that synchronizes watch history and play state between multiple media servers and tracking services simultaneously. Run Jellyfin and Plex pointing at the same library? WatchState keeps watched status in sync across both. Migrating from Plex to Jellyfin? WatchState transfers your entire history. This guide covers Docker setup, multi-backend configuration, conflict resolution, and real-world sync workflows.
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.
Gelato is a Jellyfin plugin that bridges the Stremio addon ecosystem into your server. Search Stremio catalogs from the Jellyfin UI, auto-import content via scheduled tasks, and stream without downloading. This guide covers installation, addon configuration, and how it transforms Jellyfin into a hybrid local + streaming platform.
TrueNAS Electric Eel replaced Kubernetes with Docker Compose for apps. This complete guide covers installing Jellyfin on TrueNAS 25.04 with the new Apps system, Intel QSV GPU passthrough, ZFS dataset configuration, and automated snapshots for bulletproof backups.
Automatically sync your Jellyfin movie watch history to Letterboxd using the community plugin. Installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.
Stop guessing encode settings. This guide gives you exact Handbrake and FFmpeg configurations that produce files every Jellyfin client can Direct Play - H.265 CRF values, dual audio tracks (EAC3 + AAC), HDR preservation, GPU encoding, and batch automation with Tdarr.
