Jeppe Thaibert thaibert
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/ jellyfin-udp-client-discovery
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March 16, 2026 11:54
Send a UDP broadcast packet and listen for replies (e.g. for debugging Jellyfin client discovery)
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| In two shells: | |
| ```bash | |
| # shell 1 | |
| socat - udp-listen:1234,reuseaddr | |
| ``` | |
| ```bash | |
| # shell 2 | |
| printf "Who is JellyfinServer?" | socat - udp:255.255.255.255:7359,broadcast,sp=1234,reuseaddr | |
| ``` |