(Unofficial) Jellyfin Server for FreeBSD

Microsoft does not have an official build of dotNET for FreeBSD. See HERE for more details. This repo currently only contains binary components for Jellyfin-Server (FreeBSD AMD64) and Jellyfin-Web (Portable) in addition to the required and pre-built libSkiaSharp.

Upcoming changes to this repo!

Once a source build option is available for FreeBSD ports, this repo may no longer carry binaries outside of the prebuilt Skia library. This too will be removed when a ports build of Skia is possible.

Those needing an update ASAP should use the ports version as a guide for building an update.

I will try and keep the binaries updated. For those that just want them.

This repo will remain open for those needing questions answered.

Divergence from main project

This product builds cleanly with a working dotNET SDK under FreeBSD 13.3+. No code modification is required unless you want HWaccel support. Check "building" if you would like to learn more.

Known Issues

• libinotify runs into resource limitations when used to monitor a large number of files. This is typically experienced as DNS or SSL errors.
  • Cause: Oversimplified as Everything is a file
  • Workaround: Make sure that "Enable real time monitoring" is disabled for every library. This option is checked by default.
• ffmpeg sees very slow transcode rates when compared to other platforms. See HERE.
  • Cause: Unknown.
  • Workaround: There is no known workaround for this. This appears to be a FreeBSD or build issue.
• IPv6 support does not work in all jail situations (e.g., TrueNAS CORE created jails, ipv6=new, or vnet=OFF)
  • Cause(s):
    • TrueNAS CORE sets up jails in a way that might cause discovery to fail on ipv6 networks.
    • FreeBSD exposes a limited amount of data to the jail based on OS or jail security level.
    • dotNET uses dual-sockets and runs into issues if only 4 or 6 is visible.
  • Workaround: See the FAQ for various workarounds. In some cases, a workaround might not be available.

Bugs

Please DO NOT bring bugs about this build or platform to the main jellyfin team. This is Unofficial. Open a ticket if you are having issues but please check their official Issues first and make sure you have read the FAQ.md first.

License(s)

• Jellyfin is under GPLv2
• Skia is under BSD-3-CLAUSE
• Bundled combination of the above would likely fall under GPLv2 or some dual license?

One more thing

Microsoft does not currently support dotNET5+ on FreeBSD so this package and its binaries might have limited support across FreeBSD versions. If you are knowledgeable in the inner-workings of FreeBSD please drop over to https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/14537 if you would like to help out getting dotNET on to FreeBSD.