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Alternatives to Roku/AppleTV for Jellyfin Client (lemmy.world)
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My jellyfin collection has finally become large enough that I have been able to cancel all my streaming services. My issue now is that I want to get rid of my Roku's that are hooked up to each TV.

Is there a good alternative? It MUST be family approved, meaning:

  1. It is not visible (no desktop/laptop hooked up)
  2. It is low power
  3. It has a simple remote control
  4. It supports Jellyfin
  5. It is relatively cheap (< $150)

I am sure I could build something out of a raspberry pi, but:

  1. I don't need another project I have to fiddle with
  2. It MUST support new codecs (h.265/AC1/aac/...) as I want direct play from my server
  3. If it stutters/buffers once, it goes into the trash!

I've generally been mostly happy with my Roku, and my pi.hole blocks most of their analytics, but last week, I pressed the home button on my Roku and it started play a video add with audio. Completely unacceptable (That has happened twice in the last week). And in general, the more of this crap I can get out of my life the better!

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

I think it's a chicken and egg problem. A FOSS Roku-replacement needs apps to make get popular, and manufacturers won't port their apps until it's popular. Basically, manufacturers need someone with a big marketing budget to help them feel comfortable investing in a platform, but that's not going to happen with a nice FOSS platform.

Maybe if we collectively raise like $100M or something, we could put together a big enough marketing budget to convince some of the bigger names (Netflix, HBO, etc) to take the risk, and the rest will follow if it's popular enough. Maybe.