I’m new to Jellyfin, and I’m having trouble getting started.

Goals:

  • Host my media on a Mac Mini server
  • Access my media in my home from 2 other devices (one is an Apple TV, the other is a Firefox browser on my HTPC)
  • Let my family members in other homes access my server via Roku or Apple TV.

So far I’ve set up Jellyfin Server on my Mac Mini (specs below). I can see my media. Server seems to be working.

But when I try to access my server via Jellyfin Vue on another device, I keep getting an “Unable to connect” message. I’ve tried different server addresses, but no luck. Any ideas on how to address?

Thank you Lemmy folks!

192.168.x.x:8096

x.x.192.28:8096

SW:

  • Server version 10.9.8

HW:

  • Mac Mini (Early 2009)
  • 293 GB Storage
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • Running MacOS 12
  • Possibly linuxEnglish
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    1 month ago

    192.168.x.x is a private IP range. Which is what you probably want. Don’t use your public range as you shouldn’t expose it to the public internet anyway.

    Can you pull it up on the Mac? Try opening 127.0.0.1:8096 in your browser. It should open Jellyfin as 127.0.0.1 is localhost.

    If that works try opening the IP of the device in a browser. If that works it is a issue with your specific device.