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cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/36389875

Why jump from 10.11.11 directly to 12.0? -> Blog Post

You can find more details about and discuss this release on the official forums.

As always, please ensure you stop your Jellyfin server and take a full backup of your metadata/configs before upgrading!

Direct upgrades from 10.10.7 and 10.11.x to 12.0 are supported; intermediate upgrades are not required. Users running releases older than 10.10.7 are strongly encouraged to upgrade to 10.10.7 before migrating to 12.0.

Installed repository plugins (anything not built-in) should also be removed before migrating. Plugins will likely need time to adapt to the new database changes, so re-adding them afterward is the safest approach for testing.

Official plugins compatible with Jellyfin are available through the stable plugin repository. If you have changed to the unstable plugin repository please change it back.

Go to Dashboard -> Plugins -> Manage Repositories
Update the Plugin Repository URL to: https://repo.jellyfin.org/files/plugin/manifest.json

After migrating please perform the following steps.

Perform a full library scan to restore alternative versions
Run the "Optimize database" scheduled task

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[–] Surp@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (4 children)

How do you get this to work remotely easily for old people on smart tvs?

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 8 points 9 hours ago

Domain + reverse proxy. The security issues some people here claim are significantly overblown.

[–] left_is_best@feddit.online 11 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Tailscale is a pretty good option if said old people have an Android or Apple TV, not sure about availability of Tailscale on any other OSs. Run it on your server and the TV client, grab the Tailscale IP from the dashboard and enter [Tailscale IP]:[Jellyfin port] when the Jellyfin app asks for the server address. You could homebrew a VPN too. Only other option would be a domain name and a reverse proxy.

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 9 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Only other option would be a domain name and a reverse proxy.

This is how I set it up for my family and friends. Works like a charm, especially if you have a dynamic IP. Everyone just signs in through whichever app they want to use.

[–] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago

this is the way imo. I also took the time to disable internal authentication and hook up authentik via the ldap auth plugin. so for my users, I can text them a link, they set up their credentials and verify their email, then they can sign in to jellyfin with the same creds and it automatically creates a profile and everything.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 14 hours ago

You go and meet them.
Best case if you can set up a s2s vpn.