Jellyfin Playback Error when connected through VPN
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PTwolfy · 2023-11-17 17:25

Need some help guys.

What works perfectly: Accessing Jellyfin through local IP.

What doesn't work... here's my setup:

I have a Wireguard VPN server offsite.

Jellyfin server is behind NAT in my home.

( I didn't open any ports, and If I should... I'm not sure how to do
it in my case. )

I'm accessing the WebUI from my phone running Brave browser with
Wireguard on.

Everything works great except for videoplayback which throws an error:

"playback error this client isn't compatible with the media and the
server isn't sending a compatible media format"

This must be a port problem right?

I wonder which is the best/easiest approach to this. I'm guessing
Reverse Proxy would do, but I don't feel like making Jellyfin public
to the internet.

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It shows this error when i check jellyfin systemd status: error
receiving data: The remote party closed the WebSocket connection
without completing the close handshake.

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Simple:

\-Offsite Raspberry Wireguard VPN

\-Insite behind NAT Raspberry running retropie, together with pijarr
and jellyfin, connected to the offsite VPN.

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\+What works perfectly: Accessing Jellyfin through local IP.

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Conscious-Fault-8800 · 2023-11-17 18:21

Its Not a vpn issue. Its an issue with brave Browser not supporting
the Video and/or Audio codec. You can
- enable transcoding in the server
- use the app on your phone (preferred, this is also very easy to
test)

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PTwolfy · 2023-11-17 20:37

Thank you for your feedback, but I don't think so because brave played
the movie perfectly when not using the vpn and only local.