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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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[–] haque@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I did not like the Rpi5 with Android TV as a jellyfin client. There is no support for Dolby Vision HDR content and playback of other 4k media was stuttering. With DV content I got the purple/green tinted picture. Sometimes the pi would only display a quarter of the picture.

I used Konstakangs AndroidTV image with a flirc USB Dongle for use with a tv remote. F-Droid store apk for all necessary apps.

If you have any recommendations how to fix stuttery 4k playback I would be interested. For now I just stick with the built in Android TV of my sony television.

[–] SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember trying the Android TV 14 image a while ago and it was basically unusable as you describe, the new Android TV 15 image has fixed virtually all those issues for me. YMMV but IMO it's worth experimenting and seeing if it works for you, there's a chance I just got lucky though

[–] haque@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you for taking the time to respond! I guess I'll pop in another sd card and give the android 15 image a chance!