Samsung Smart TV owners can now use Jellyfin natively, as the open-source media server is now available on the Tizen platform.
Just run a small libux pc and a wireless keyboard+mouse…
After Years of Waiting Jellyfin Finally Lands on Samsung Tizen TVs
Submitted 3 weeks ago by yodeljunkmanenvy@piefed.social to selfhosted@lemmy.world
https://linuxiac.com/after-years-of-waiting-jellyfin-finally-lands-on-samsung-tizen-tvs/
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pleksi@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I use libux btw
LSNLDN@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
My gosh I just searched for libux, thinking maybe there was a great new Linux user experience out there for my media library. I even got confused for a split second when it autocorrected my search to Linux before realising the typo
Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I’d rather use an Android TV box, so I can have Dolby Vision, etc.
Marafon@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Game changer
Harvey656@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I had to practically hack my Samsung TV I order to get jellyfin on it. A little annoyed it took this long but at least its there now.
baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de [bot] 2 weeks ago
There’s a funny one-click tool here: github.com/…/Samsung-Jellyfin-Installer but I guess it’s not necessary anymore
Harvey656@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Damn that looks like it would have saved me some time.
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Ok, now fix the shitty client on appletv…
SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
yes, unpaid open source devs, do my bidding.
fix it yourself, ExcessShiv
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Dude no one is forcing them to work on the project, they can just ditch it if they don’t want to do it anymore. Just because it’s free people are still allowed to voice opinions on the project, sure my comment is tongue in cheek, no one cares…welcome to the internet, is this your first day?
x00z@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
As an opensource dev I don’t mind having people say this. It’s good to get feedback regardless of whether it’s a call to action or merely a suggestion. You can’t know what direction people want the project to go in otherwise.
TheGreenWizard@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
That’s the beauty of open source! I’m sure they’d love another helping hand! github.com/jellyfin/swiftfin
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Fix the shitty server first though.
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
My server works fine with all other clients though, except the appletv one. In the appletv app I cannot change audio language or reliably change subs. Or, technically I can, it just doesn’t select the language I actually choose, it chooses some random one. This only happens on appletv app, it works as intended on all other devices, both android, iOS, browsers and MS/Linux clients.
mintiefresh@piefed.ca 3 weeks ago
Wow this is great news!
Carrot@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Literally just went through getting the app built /deployed for my parents and my partner’s parents using the old method a few weeks ago. I’m super glad the app is on the app store, but it’s just bad timing for me lol
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
Wait, I don’t have to update it through dev mode?
jjlinux@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I’m still not connecting NY TV to any network, local or otherwise.
paper_moon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Apparently they will try to connect to open networks and try to tunnel through to get internet, so I set bogus manual DNS, gateway, and ip info so it can’t connect to anything correctly.
HotChickenFeet@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
If they’re going so far as scanning open networks & tunneling, why would they bother obeying dns gateways you specify?
Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
That’s awesome! I had to side load it and it was such a pain in the ass i just bought a Chromecast.
tea@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Yeah, I’ve had to help two friends connect to my server from Samsung TVs. It was annoying to say the least.
gjoel@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Kodi running on an (old) Nvidia Shield Pro, reading from a NAS via dlnr. This works nicely and I don’t get any quality degradation… Except for HDR+ which the shield doesn’t support and I was stupid and bought a Samsung TV, which is bad for numerous reasons, but also this one.
And of course, we are now closing in on the decade since it was released, and still no viable replacement.
anon_8675309@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Um…. Okay?
SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Replacement for what? kodi? you’ll pry kodi out of my charred and flayed hands! (American)
irmadlad@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I tried Kodi years ago when I heard about some guy getting busted at a local flea market for selling Kodi rigged appliances. I didn’t download anything, but that UI was atrocious. After about 5 minutes of tinkering around, I just uninstalled it. Probably one of the worst UI’s I’ve encountered.
gjoel@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Sorry, the Nvidia Shield. It’s super old, but still best in class.
MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I only own one Samsung TV. Its a really smart TV. Its magnificent. It never switches input which is a good thing since I never need to. This is because it has no built in services of the so called 'smart tv’s"
DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Omfg. I love you. 😭. I tried this very last week to make it work through their workaround and it never wanted to work out. Thank you so much bringing this up.
Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 weeks ago
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters DNS Domain Name Service/System NAS Network-Attached Storage Plex Brand of media server package
[Thread #55 for this comm, first seen 2nd Feb 2026, 19:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
i reckon ill unblock it from WAN long enough to get a new app
illusionist@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
That looks like a web view. I have that webview installed for years.
This is false news. Maybe, now it is in the store but the app is not new on tizenos.
Scrollone@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
Yes, it’s not available on the Store. Not many people are able to turn on developer mode and install the app through other means.
Merlin@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
I use it through tailscale. I can still use it locally (yay). Still would like to see tailscale on tizen
klpy6328964@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Really wanted to like Jellyfin but it just can’t replace plex yet for me. Once it’s developed a little more I’ll definitely take another look since plex is shitting the bed.
roserose56@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Great news, but still not available on mine. I have to wait. Also dev way didn’t work on mine.
texture@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
hell yeah
nullroot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I thought newer Samsung tvs ditched tizen?
Joelk111@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
People into Jellyfin use smart TVs? I haven’t connected mine to the internet.
rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 3 weeks ago
Not every Jellyfin user is the server administrator. If someone sets up a server and shares that server with 5 people, most of those users aren’t concerned with the privacy implications of how they connect to the server; they just want to consume content.
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
That’s true but every Jellyfin host has to be.
tempest@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I do? I don’t love Android TV but I only have so much time to fight to the good fight with shit.
I would like a less smart tv but I don’t want to by a 7 year old Nvidia Shield and suffered paralysis by analysis trying to decide on on an Android TV box.
So here we are, I use jellyfin on a smart TV
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
And how much better would a TV box even be compared to a smart TV?
charles@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Out of curiosity why are you reluctant to buy a Shield?
I was on the fence for a while but I’ve been extremely happy with it and have only run into minimal issues (and significantly less than with my smart tv before).
Mikelius@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Having a smart tv doesn’t mean you must use internet to utilize it. Mine is blocked from internet connectivity but connects to my media server on the local network. If anything, I prefer this so I don’t need an extra computer sitting in the living room and can instead use the same single media server my phones and computers do.
iamthetot@piefed.ca 3 weeks ago
This feels like some really niche gatekeeping.
Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Family connect to my server with tv. If tv is in the same house everything is blocked and select things are whitelisted.
dantheclamman@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s handy to share media with my family! The Roku app works OK
1hitsong@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
“works OK”
🤘 I’ll take it!
ccunix@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
We have both.
Kodi use Jellyfin for its media library and Kodi is excellent for a lot of the TV we watch. catch Up TV has replaced the decoder for watching terrestrial TV.
One thing that sucks in Kodi though is Arte (a franco-german channel that is a leans towards “intellectual”). For that, the LG WebOS app is much better than the Kodi add-on. Other than that 1 app, we could happily plug Kodi into digital signage panel if they weren’t stupidly expensive.
AustralianSimon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I just run mine on a nvidia shield. I dunno why people feel the need to give the smart tv your data.