So I checked the available logs after streaming a playlist for a while, which I’ve never done before (probably a huge mistake on my part). I have a generic “log_xxxxxxx.log” file that doesn’t seem to have any relevant info, but the only ffmpeg logs I have are related to video files from yesterday. Interestingly, the transcoding speeds seem to slow down over time; flac/wav files seem fine at first, but struggle to play after 30 minutes or so in a playlist of constant playback.

I’ve disabled the native antivirus and Simplewall supposedly blocks most (if not all) of the Microsoft bloat

Outside of Jellyfin, the computers seem to communicate just fine. Transfer speeds are what I would expect and disk read/write is usually fine as well. Like I mentioned in the post, it self-resolved since I made the post. But my concern is the same: what could be causing the underlying issue? I’ll check the logs later and I’ll report back

Edit: forgot to mention that I have a few 5.1 SACDs @ 24/192k that have always completely choked my system. Doesn’t matter which machine or how extreme the transcoded settings are, it nukes the playback

I love the Jellyfin team so much

My plan is 500 gigs down, but my computer (Ethernet wired to the server) gets transferal speeds of about 4 megs down. Super cool

Thank you, I downloaded it

Jellyfin in the browser has been my preferred way to play media. I have the desktop app, but it constantly gets hung up on lossless music and movies over 480p. I could have screwed up a setting, but I don’t know

Thank you for asking, I’ve been thinking about this lately. Unfortunately, I don’t have an answer for you

I solved it, I’m an idiot. But thank you, Jellyfin’s official guide saved me.

No, it’s a Windows install on the server and the client. Hardware-wise, the server is overkill. My libraries are in several codecs and formats, and everything seemed to work indiscriminately until recently but I didn’t make any admin changes.

I set up transcoding according to the guide and enabled hardware acceleration, per user recommendation

That’s my current setup, but Signal gets no use because I can’t convince anyone to switch

So my server has been playing nice for the past couple days without issue. I didn’t change anything, but it’s suddenly working as intended. I’m not complaining, self-correcting issues are fine by me

Both, but the wired client is less frequent to hang ups

No, it happens from inside my house as well

On the app, I also have issues with Jellyfin sometimes not connecting too so I have no idea

Right, the problem is my phone when out of the house

I set up hardware acceleration and restarted the server, but its still happening. I’ve noticed it frequently happens on my desktop, but not so much on my phone

Good tip! I didn’t change the setting so it’s probably disabled. I’ll look at it when I get a chance, thanks

<10%, the hardware I’m running it on is overkill and this is its only task