# Jellyfin on Synology: Container Manager Setup and Hardware Fit

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Purpose: Install Jellyfin on Synology with Container Manager, persistent media/config mappings, ports, hardware acceleration planning, updates and backups.
Direct answer: If clients can consume the stored codecs directly, Jellyfin mostly serves files and metadata. Transcoding adds CPU/GPU requirements and can turn an otherwise capable storage NAS into the wrong compute platform.

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