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Switch from Plex to Jellyfin #276

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Add graphics driver packages
stackptr Feb 20, 2026
723ea99
Enable Jellyfin with hardware encoding
stackptr Feb 21, 2026
3a0ddd0
Enable Meilisearch
stackptr Feb 23, 2026
f683d08
Remove Plex
stackptr Feb 25, 2026
61c6c82
Use media group
stackptr Feb 25, 2026
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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions hosts/glyph/hardware.nix
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boot.binfmt.emulatedSystems = ["aarch64-linux"];

hardware.cpu.intel.updateMicrocode = lib.mkDefault config.hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware;

hardware.graphics = {
enable = true;
extraPackages = with pkgs; [
intel-media-driver
intel-compute-runtime
vpl-gpu-rt
];
};
}
5 changes: 1 addition & 4 deletions hosts/glyph/services/default.nix
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./avahi.nix
./dns.nix
./filebrowser.nix
./jellyfin.nix
./nfs.nix
./prometheus.nix
./samba.nix
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services.cockpit.enable = true;
services.openssh.enable = true;
services.plex = {
enable = true;
openFirewall = true;
};
services.roon-server = {
enable = true;
openFirewall = true;
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42 changes: 42 additions & 0 deletions hosts/glyph/services/jellyfin.nix
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{
config,
pkgs,
lib,
...
}: {
services.jellyfin = {
enable = true;
group = "media";
openFirewall = true;
hardwareAcceleration = {
enable = true;
type = "qsv";
device = "/dev/dri/renderD128";
};
transcoding = {
enableHardwareEncoding = true;
enableIntelLowPowerEncoding = true;
hardwareDecodingCodecs = {
h264 = true;
hevc = true;
vp9 = true;
av1 = true;
mpeg2 = true;
vc1 = true;
};
hardwareEncodingCodecs = {
hevc = true;
av1 = false; # Intel Arc only
};
};
};

users.users.${config.services.jellyfin.user}.extraGroups = [
"video"
"render"
];

services.meilisearch = {
enable = true;
};
}
8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions hosts/glyph/services/samba.nix
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shares = {
Archive = mkShare "/mnt/archive" "mu" "users";
Backup = mkShare "/mnt/backup" "mu" "users" // {"fruit:time machine" = "yes";};
Media = mkShare "/mnt/media" config.services.plex.user config.services.plex.group;
Media = mkShare "/mnt/media" config.services.jellyfin.user config.services.jellyfin.group;
Torrents = mkShare "/mnt/torrents" config.services.transmission.user config.services.transmission.group;
Unsorted = mkShare "/mnt/unsorted" "mu" "users";
};
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Type = "oneshot";
ExecStart = let
defaultUsrGrp = "mu:users";
plexUsrGrp = with config.services.plex; "${user}:${group}";
jellyfinUsrGrp = with config.services.jellyfin; "${user}:${group}";
transmissionUsrGrp = with config.services.transmission; "${user}:${group}";
in [
"${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chown -R ${defaultUsrGrp} archive"
"${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chown -R ${defaultUsrGrp} backup"
# N.B.: /mnt/media/Music is used by Roon, not Plex
"${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chown -R ${plexUsrGrp} media/Movies media/TV media/Video"
# N.B.: /mnt/media/Music is used by Roon, not Jellyfin
"${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chown -R ${jellyfinUsrGrp} media/Movies media/TV media/Video"
"${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chown -R ${defaultUsrGrp} media/Music"
"${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chown -R ${transmissionUsrGrp} torrents"
"${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chown -R ${defaultUsrGrp} unsorted"
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