Submitted 1 year ago by Dust0741@lemmy.world to selfhosted@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?
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)
The fact that my video collection will not play in browser just breaks the entire navigation environment of Jellyfin.
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.
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.)
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.
My go to is Roku.
Cheap, always works, compatible with everything
I would recommend trying different skins for Kodi, was a game changer for me.
Yeah I was thinking this. How can anyone hate an interface that they can entirely configured themselves.
Okay I may have to look into kodi again. Any recommended skins to make browsing things like Disney+ easier?
You could try a Google stick?
Pi with Kodi on it is pretty good.
bstix@feddit.dk 1 year ago
Just use a Chromecast. You can use it from every device (phone/laptop/tablets) on the same WiFi.
Dust0741@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not on graphineos
TootSweet@latte.isnot.coffee 1 year ago
I've got a smart TV on which the Wifi broke very shortly after I got it. I just use a Chromecast and it works nicely.