the regular jellyfin app is just a web wrapper, at least it behaves like and looks like it, as for advantages, it's the little things, like offline playback, double tap to skip like in youtube etc.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Might just be me, but I don't like double tap to skip. Findroid has another scrubbing method I've not seen anywhere else but I wish it were the standard.

When you drag your finger to the right, it says how far you're about to skip ahead. The longer your swipe, the further you go. When you release, it scrubs to that timestamp. Same with going backwards.

I find it faster, more accurate, and more versatile. The only thing I don't like about the Findroid player is the UI timeout is twice as long as I need it to be.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Oh, VLC for Android scrubs like that too!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Interesting because the jellyfin app can double tap to skip as well as download media for offline playback.

I have both and UI seems like the only difference between the two (findroid looks MUCH better) except you have no access to any admin, profile, or library settings or functions (like scanning for new media or fixing metadata) in findroid.

Multi-server and multi-user use also seems better UX-wise on findroid, though I doubt that is a super common use on a single phone.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The official app does download files for offline viewing, but it downloads the file to your downloads folder, like a web browser.

Findroid downloads the file to the apps internal storage and plays it back in-app.

Some other platform-native third party JF apps like JellyFlix and Streamyfin allow you to transcode your downloads for smaller files, different resolution, and file compatibility. They also download to the app storage and play back in-app