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cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/19146681

Jellyfin Server 10.10.7

Important Notes

Configurations behind a reverse proxy that did not explicitly configure trusted proxies will not work after this release. This was never a supported configuration, so please ensure you correct your configuration before upgrading. See the updated docs here for more information.

Security

  • Fix validation of API parameters to FFmpeg [GHSA-2c3c-r7gp-q32m], by @Shadowghost
  • Fix trusting forward headers if none are configured [GHSA-qcmf-gmhm-rfv9], by @JPVenson

Note: GHSAs will be published seven (7) days after this release.

General Changes

  • Fix regression where "Search for missing metadata" not handling cast having multiple roles [PR #13720], by @Lampan-git
  • Clone fallback audio tags instead of use ATL.Track.set [PR #13694], by @gnattu
  • Backport 10.11 API enum changes [PR #13835], by @nielsvanvelzen
  • Support more rating formats [PR #13639], by @IDisposable
  • Fix stackoverflow in MediaSourceCount [PR #12907], by @JPVenson
  • Upgrade LrcParser to 2025.228.1 [PR #13659], by @congerh
  • Include Role and SortOrder in MergePeople to fix "Search for missing metadata" [PR #13618], by @Lampan-git
  • Delete children from cache on parent delete [PR #13601], by @Bond-009
  • Fix overwrite of PremierDate with a year-only value [PR #13598], by @IDisposable
  • Wait for ffmpeg to exit on Windows before we try deleting the concat file [PR #13593], by @Bond-009
  • Fix 4K filtering when grouping movies into collections [PR #13594], by @theguymadmax
  • Remove empty ParentIndexNumber workaround [PR #13611], by @Shadowghost
  • Update dependency z440.atl.core to 6.20.0 [PR #13845], by @Shadowghost

Jellyfin Web 10.10.7

General Changes

  • Fix parsing minor version of Tizen [PR #6661], by @dmitrylyzo
  • Fix re-focusing on pause button when displaying OSD [PR #6510], by @dmitrylyzo
  • Fix skip button not displaying correctly with OSD [PR #6583], by @rlauuzo
  • Fix catalog plugin page not setting page title [PR #6570], by @nielsvanvelzen
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

My friend who’s been praising Plex for years and making fun of me for using Jellyfin instead just told me the other day he’s thinking about switching. It’s their new subscription fee that finally did it. xD

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I mean i understand praising it, i still primarily use plex despite their Shenanigans and will VPN to bypass the remote streaming charge. I still have jellyfin installed but it has several issues for me still.

I have quite a large library and I still regularly have issues with matching especially on anime. It will either fail to match at all until I do it manually, or match incorrectly and I will have to manually correct it. I still frequently have playback issues for no apparent reason especially on Android where I will hit a file that just refuses to play back for no apparent reason with none of the error logs being particularly helpful on files that play perfectly in Plex with absolutely no issues, I have also been affected by the memory leak problem that has plagued many a jellyfin user. Where even if you'd simply turn the server on and never play any files it just randomly keeps growing in size more and more and more over time until the server hits oom even on a server with 128GB. This has been reported by so many users but the developers just seem uninterested in tracking it down. I have both friends and family that use my server and the device support is basically everything even remotely capable of media playback for Plex but is unfortunately just not as robust for jellyfin.

I know that in this particular subreddit I'm likely to just get downloaded for saying it but sometimes the open source solution just isn't as good and this is definitely one of those cases. It's been getting better has time goes on but it's not a solid replacement yet for a lot of cases

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's what made me switch this weekend. I didn't know I missed the "Episode ends on (time)" functionality until I got it with Jellyfin, Holy shit that's so nice ❤️

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I wish everything had that

[–] [email protected] 73 points 3 days ago (37 children)

Configurations behind a reverse proxy that did not explicitly configure trusted proxies will not work after this release. This was never a supported configuration, so please ensure you correct your configuration before upgrading. See the updated docs here for more information.

Well I’m glad I read that before upgrading!

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 30 points 3 days ago (7 children)

It's odd to throw that into a patch release. I guess we'll find out if I did it correctly.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I mean, it's patching a security issue caused by trusting headers it shouldn't, so I don't think they should wait for a big number release.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why wait? Just release it as a big number release. The version number doesn't define the size or cadence of a release, it just says whether there's a breaking change.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

At least in my org we use semantic versioning ( Major.Minor.patch) where patch must either be a new feature, a fix, or something that is backwards compatible

Minor can be breaking

Major is basically something you're proud of lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's not semantic versioning...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Guess my org fucked it up ¯\(ツ)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Thanks for pointing this out! I probably would have missed this, since I didn't expect such a change for a patch release.

Their documentation mentions:

For jellyfin to know which reverse proxy is trusted, the IP, Hostname or Subnet has to be set in the Known Proxies (under Admin Dashboard -> Networking) setting.

Does this really mean, that the only way to configure this is through the web UI? This is kind of a problem when deploying it, since without the reverse proxy I can't reach the Jellyfin server. Is there no way of doing this outside the web UI, via a config file or something?

Edit: Apparently the configuration for the proxies is stored in Jellyfin's network.xml config file. So it should be possible to do this without manually configuring it via the web UI.

Another edit: It works. Adding <KnownProxies>[proxy ip or hostname]</KnownProxies> in place of the empty <KnownProxies/> key to that config file does the trick.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Really looking forward to 10.11 when the EFCore functionality is in place so I can run it with PostgreSQL and actually backup the DB properly and also have proper replication for a hot standby.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As far as I can understand, even with EFCore in 10.11, there still will only sqlite be available as a database backend. There are plans for postgresql and other types but it's a much more distant prospect. Reference

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Ah, seems I had a misunderstanding and appreciate the info!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you have the time, I’d love to learn how to set up a hot standby, not just for jellyfin but in general.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was imagining setting up an old laptop as a backup to my main server with PostgreSQL replication for the Jellyfin DB and some sort of file synchronization for media and metadata. I have yet to manually setup PostgreSQL replication outside of a cloud provider where the process is automated, so I was planning it as an interesting learning experience. However, from the post above, it seems I was misinformed about the timeframe of PostgreSQL support in Jellyfin.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Thanks! I’m running jellyfin inside of docker, so perhaps there’s a way to keep the images synchronized. Media sync would happen separate, as you suggest.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh that would be nice. I would use that to just go into the database and fix all my broken music metadata which I can't see to fix any other way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I stand corrected about PostgreSQL support dropping in 10.11. Seems we may still have quite a wait ahead of us.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

updated on mint this weekend; admittedly it's not a big library (mostly just for me and my family) but it was pretty painless. i put in my trusted proxies ahead of time and backed up /etc/jellyfin and /var/lib/jellyfin ahead of time. no problems at all.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Not related to the server, but I was very happily surprised with the latest Roku Jellyfin channel. A complete refresh of everything and it's great to see it.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You'll want to get off Roku soon, they're already testing preroll ads for the home screen.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I can see them doing that, I use a DNS ad-block (Adguardhome) with plenty of filters and last night, I spotted that they were able to inject two ads (standard one to the right of the channels and one at the bottom below the menu for the new Minecraft movie when they changed my background. So, they are finding ways around this stuff. I simply disabled the Sponsored themes. We are on the fence about replacing the TV later this year but not 100% sure just yet. It's been quite buggy randomly rebooting when switching sources and other things.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

FWIW AndroidTV is getting worse all the time also 😭 The only assurance we have is that the TV isn't connected and AndroidTV is in a separate box.

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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You dropped this. 😀

Back on topic, anyone have a rec for an alternative? I basically just need Netflix and Jellyfin, and hopefully I won't need Netflix soon (my SO keeps finding NF originals they must watch). I to use a regular remote, but AFAIK nothing provides a nice UX for Netflix w/ remote outside the official app.

I absolutely prefer something FOSS.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Minus Netflix? Kodi.

With Netflix? You’re not finding anything 100% FOSS.

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[–] timbuck2themoon 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For real. JF roku team is killing it. Latest release is so nice.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

🤘 Thanks

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago
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