The Ultimate Media Server: Jellyfin + Proxmox (2026 Guide)

Plex was the hero once, but it lived long enough to become the villain. In this video, we are reclaiming our media ownership by setting up Jellyfin on Proxmox via LXC Container. We cover everything from ZFS storage pools and unprivileged containers to hardware transcoding and Samba access and plugins. What we cover: Building a solid foundation on Proxmox. ZFS storage. Correcting permission errors for mediapools Optimizing for Intel QuickSync hardware transcoding. Plugins Links & Resources: https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/ins... Timestamps 00:00 Architecture Overview 00:53 Wipe and Prepare the SSD 00:38 Create a ZFS Storage Pool 01:21 Raid Explanation 01:48 Creating a Pool Dataset 02:15 VM vs LXC Explanation 02:29 Privileged vs Unprivileged 02:51 Jellyfin LXC Setup 03:56 Mounts Explanation and fixing permissions 05:37 Install Jellyfin on Ubuntu LXC 07:16 Initial Setup and Media Libraries 08:02 Samba Shares explanation and config 09:28 Windows Shares setup and files Transfer 10:41 Enable Intel Quick Sync Hardware Transcoding 11:07 Jellyfin Plugins 11:59 Final Thoughts