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

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Idk what your usecase is but isn't LineageOS the opposite of user-friendliness esp for older people? Isn't it meant for tablets, not tv stresm boxes with remote controls? Or am I missing something

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Without having tried it, I know it has an Android TV version. I'm not sure what part isn't user-friendly, as usually that part comes from deciding to go away without most of google oriented services. I installed FLauncher before, and it did its job quite nicely, but haven't tried LOS, or how it would perform in a TV. For my very specific use case, I need Flauncher to open either Jellyfin or Smarttube. For these purposes the Nvidia could work. But I havent gottent into it yet, and I'm still waiting for better options.