How do you open an account for family members in the NAS movie library? My wife pushed her drama progress three times before I split up the accounts

My video library is run by Feiniu Film and Jellyfin, with 317 movies and 86 dramas, all crammed under one admin account for over half a year. The incident happened last month: my wife was watching a 40-episode urban drama. After watching episode 23, she turned on the TV on Friday night and saw that all eight seats in the first row were war documentaries I had watched the night before. Her show was pushed to the bottom of the second row. The second time was watching a movie late at night, and the third time was the kid randomly pressing the remote. The third time, she put down the remote and said, "You play by yourself." Only then did I understand: the audio library accounts aren't separated, no different from a family sharing a toothbrush—they can be used, but it's awkward.

one account shared by the whole family, these three things are dirty

many people think that with just three people at home, it's no wonder to open multiple accounts and log in to all devices with one account, which is much easier. I used to think so too. After more than half a year, all the dirty spots gradually started to show up.

first is "Keep watching." This list has limited space; whoever reads new content will push others out. My wife wants to find her show, so she has to browse through a row of shows I don't watch, and when she gets there, she has to recall which episode she watched last time—the progress bar is remembered, but the entry is gone, and the experience is cut in half.

second is Favorites and playback history. Her collection is filled with movies I casually mark, and her variety shows lie in my 'Next to Watch' section. Over time, no one dares to clear them up, but once they do, they wipe out the other's stuff.

third and most deadly thing: the kid. The animation and my films are in the same library, and the second row of the poster wall is decorated with two horror movies, and the cover design is quite appealing to kids. A six-year-old can already operate the remote by himself, but I can't just stay by his side every day. These three issues point to the same solution: one person, one account, each managing their own library.

first think carefully about which type of account to open: film accounts and NAS accounts are two separate systems

Before I

start writing, I wrapped myself in it. Feiniu has two accounts: one is the NAS system account, which is the kind I to set up a read-only album number for my mom. You can create it in the user management settings and access the entire set of files, albums, and movies; The other is a movie account, created within the app and focused solely on watching movies. The official classification is straightforward: those who only use the movie feature open a movie account; Only when you need to use Files, Album, and other functions will you open a NAS account.

my situation: my wife just watches dramas, she never touches files or photo albums, and running a film account is just right. The permissions are limited, and even if you make a mistake, it won't make a big splash. My mom's account is a NAS account because she needs to check photos. The names of the two systems are easy to mix, so when matching, think carefully about which functions your family will use, and whether you set the account to a small or a large one.

Feiniu Film and TV account in three steps, even faster than expected

log in to Yingshi with a video administrator account, click the top right corner of the homepage, go to Settings, find "Video Server" under "User," click "Add User," and enter your username and password in the pop-up window. Here is the key step: check which media libraries this user can access.

I checked my wife's account with two libraries: "TV Dramas" and "Movies," but not "Documentary" and "Animation"—she doesn't watch, and if I tick the poster wall, it just makes things messy. The kid's account is reversed, only checking the "Animation" library. Once you log in, there are only about 40 animations, clean and clean, not even a trace of horror movies. This step effectively solves the third problem mentioned in the previous section: it's not about stopping the child from looking, but simply not seeing at all.

passwords also have their own considerations. The TV input password is done by the remote control with one character at a time, setting a four-digit number for the child, and they can enter it themselves; The daughter-in-law's account was set to six characters. Don't use the admin's sixteen-digit long password to demand from your family; if they can't remember it, they'll come to bother you, eventually turning it into 'Please log in for me.' Multi-user work is basically wasted.

Jellyfin this line: press the plus sign on the console and carefully check the four switches

my Jellyfin runs with Docker containers, and my cousin's second-hand four-drive Synology also has one set, and both have the same setup. After entering Jellyfin, open the console. On the user page, click a plus sign in the top right corner. Enter your name and password to create the setup. After setting it up, don't rush to leave. Click into the user's edit page, and there are a few switches worth passing one by one:

turn off 'Allow media deletion', the most common tragedy is family members accidentally deleting videos; "Allow downloads" depends on your needs, your wife's phone cache checks to enable it, and turn off the child's number; "Allow remote connection" was on, otherwise she couldn't see it on her phone outside. Below that is the library permissions, following the same logic as Feiniu: only keep the animation library for the doll's account.

your child's account adds a layer of proper parental control in Jellyfin: in user settings, there's a 'Parental Control' option, which lets you set maximum content rating and how to handle unrated content, plus a PIN. My family solves by separating the warehouses, and the grading system isn't carefully optimized—after the warehouses are separated, there is no overage content in their view, and grading is more like a second insurance for those who can't open the library. Playing both lanes together is certainly more stable, but it requires more setup.

Switching accounts

the TV side is currently the most frustrating part

accounts are divided, everyone is happy on their phones and tablets, each registering their own account, unaware of the other's existence. Feeling uncomfortable on TV: How do you play videos on the NAS on the TV? I've written before, but that's a single-account setup. When a family shares one TV, you have to switch between numbers.

Feiniu TV and Jellyfin's Android TV versions, switching accounts requires logging out of the current login and re-entering the account password. The remote control requires about half a minute to enter the four-digit password. The Jellyfin community has been discussing fast switching on TV for years. The official documentation suggests a solution for users to log in with a PIN, so you don't have to log in by entering the PIN during switching. My homemade method is even simpler: the TV is registered to the child's number by default, my wife and I cast from our phones or watched on a tablet, and whoever wanted to watch the big screen on the TV would spend half a minute switching to it. The TV is the child's turf, and this arrangement hasn't caused any conflicts for half a month.

here's a little reminder: remember to enable "Continue Watching" sync on your phone or tablet (by default, it's enabled). That way, your wife can watch 25 episodes on her phone on the subway and continue watching on TV at night, keeping track of the progress—provided she's logged into the same account. This is the significance of having multiple accounts: each progresses according to their own account, and the equipment is just a shell.

whose account has what permissions to set and copy this table

After

this round of dubbing, my family is now the only one who manages the admin account; my wife has a movie account with two libraries; my child only checks animation for a movie account; my mom uses a NAS account to read only photos and view. The division of the document layer already written about last year, this time it fills in the audio-visual layer, and the photo layer just finished last month. Each of the three levels manages their own affairs and is not intertwined.

the order for those who want to participate: first split the library, then divide the accounts—the animation building a separate library is the foundation of the doll's lock; Then create an account in the film and TV network; Then I logged into each account on TV, phone, and tablet one by one; After a week of observation, if someone comes to you saying "I can't watch a certain film," it's probably a leak check, so just make up for it. The dubbing work lasted less than half an hour, and the result was that my wife's dramas never got to be taken over again, and the kids' animation posters never had scary covers slipped into the wall again.