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Alternatives to Roku/AppleTV for Jellyfin Client (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by nix98@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@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:

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

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

I don't need another project I have to fiddle with
It MUST support new codecs (h.265/AC1/aac/...) as I want direct play from my server
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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[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I use Kodi with the jellyfin plugin, but I can’t recommend that for ‘normies’ because the interface is not simple, and I still have glitches with it.

I’m also looking for a solution like yours, but wanted you to have that feedback.

[–] showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I’m kinda of lost with this. I run 3 librelec units on RaspberryPis velcroed to the back of TVs in my house and once I set them up they run easy as. I set them by setting what my network folders are ( I’m a bit of a data hoarder so I’ve got each tv series in their own folders and each movie and their filled in its own folders) and then hitting scan. Is it because of Jellyfin that you’re having problems? I tried setting it up but gave up when I realised I’d have to let it be a server and frankly I don’t trust my in-laws not to fuck up and post all my details on their Facebook to show off their new personalise steaming services.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess you are saying you only run Kodi? Yes it is Kodi with the jellyfin plugin talking to a jellyfin server that is the source of the few woes I have with it. Honestly it works really well, but when something is wrong I would say due to the UI it's beyond most non-technical people to sort it out easily.

[–] showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

Ah yeah. I gave up on jellyfin pretty quickly as I do everything on my local network and jelly isn’t for that I guess.

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