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> I have set up systems for others that have worked with nearly no issues for years

The two issues I had over the years was: My SSL cert expiring (not really a Jellyfin issue).

My FireTV updated the Jellyfun app to a version that no longer supported the server version, this was pretty frustrating becuase I just wanted to sit down and watch some TV instead of messing around with a upgrade.

In saying that; Kodi also ran fine for years without issue. My main issues with Jellyfin are scrubbing difficulties and subtitles going out of sync or not being able to change their timings, same with audio timings.

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> The two issues I had over the years was: My SSL cert expiring (not really a Jellyfin issue).

If your SSL cert is from Let’s Encrypt, certbot will auto-renew it for you

How does this work on a LAN or other private network? Can it?

You can do DNS based challenges without exposing your network itself if you have a real domain name.

Thanks, I did use Let's Encrypt and had certbot setup but didn't realise the renew process required port 80 open (I had blocked it on my firewall).

You don’t need port 80 open, you can do DNS based challenge.

1) Transfer your domain to someone who provides a DNS API like DigitalOcean or Cloudflare

2) download the appropriate plugin for certbot (certbot-dns-digitalocean, certbot-dns-cloudflare)

3) get an API token and config the plugin with it

4) set up a post-renew-hook to do a `service nginx reload` to reload the new cert

sample instructions for DO https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-acqu...

Thanks for your reply, this was really helpful I will give it a shot.

Another annoying thing about Jellyfin is the inability to disable subtitles by default. Doing it manually every time gets old.

Another annoying bit on the client side, the Android app appears to choose audio tracks at random even though I have English preferred. I have all of a show ripped the same way with dual audio tracks and jellyfin can't be consistent. Plex never had this issue with this show.

Had the same with an LG TV. Workaround by running with http (not https) on local network.

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