Dust0741Jul 21, 2023

make dumb TV work with subscriptions

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make dumb TV work with subscriptions - Lemmy.world

I have a dumb TV, and a spare computer. I want a nice easy way to interface with several services. (Jellyfin, disney+ etc) I know of Kodi, but really dislike the interface. I know I could get a USB keyboard/mouse remote thing, but that isn’t very elegent. Is there a simpler solution to this?

Show threadvalek879
To add to everyone else, I moved from Kodi to Jellyfin and it was a game changer for my home server solution. (I run the server off of my gaming PC)
Jul 21, 2023 at 5:59pmWeb
Show threadCannaVetJul 21, 2023
Seconding Jellyfin. I used to run XBMC as God intended on my old OG Xbox but Kodi is so bloated and garbo these days from what I’ve seen.
Show threadSomeologyJul 21, 2023
The fact that my video collection will mostly not play in browser just breaks the entire navigation environment of Jellyfin.
Show threadgrueJul 22, 2023

I think the solution is to get hardware-accelerated transcoding set up correctly.

Either that, or maybe bulk-transcode all your media outside of Jellyfin and then add it all back as alternate versions and hope Jellyfin is smart enough to choose the best supported version automatically?

(I’m in the process of setting up a Jellyfin server and noticing the same issue with some of my media.)

Movies | Jellyfin

Movies can be added to a Jellyfin server using the "Movies" library type.

Show threadSomeologyJul 23, 2023
But with Kodi, there is zero transcoding required. I just play directly from an SMB share without the processing overhead of transcoding. So, despite Kodi’s many flaws, I’ve stuck with it.
Show threadvividspecterJul 22, 2023
I’m not sure which client device you’re using, but on desktop there is the desktop player as well as jellyfin-mpv-shim which don’t rely on the browser for playback.