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How do/would you stream from Jellyfin to a TV? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Currently ripping my DVDs and building a Jellyfin server. Now on desktop and mobile streaming works fine but the Raspberry Pi 4 + Libreelec + Jellyfin/Jellycon Setup i tried has been somewhat janky - both in terms of navigation and also the framerate drops at times though it isn't really an issue.

Pretty sure the folks in the Jellyfin Subreddit/Forums would tell me to just get a Firetv stick, so I was more curious what experiences and recommendations you guys have.

Firetv + firewall whitelist?

Fix my Raspi install?

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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I know it’s an investment, but for the sake of stability and out of box simplicity I recently switched to an Apple TV with Infuse player. I run a Jellyfin server on my desktop PC and browse it through the Infuse app on the Apple TV. It plays everything natively and smooth as butter (including Dolby Vision), and the interface is polished. I wish the app was little more customizable, but it just works.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Yeah as far as "just works" goes AppleTV with infuse is really high up there.

    Support for all the lossless audio you want, dolby-vision, perfect framerate switching, etc. Either that or something like a Dune-HD box (no framerate switching bugs, lossless audio, DV, etc) or an NVIDIA Shield Pro (though the value of this last one is not great, hasn't been refreshed in years hardware-wise, more expensive than AppleTV, still has issues with framerate switching not working as well as the looming fact that it feels like Nvidia could kill it and its support off any year now).

    Biggest complaint with infuse would have to be lack of extras support after people have begged for it for a decade. Other than that and having not quite as many sort options as something like Kodi/Libelec it's pretty great. It allows for directplay and pretty efficiently connects to Jellyfin, Plex, etc. You do have to pay for a pro subscription to infuse if your library has 4k/HDR/DV video or uses any audio codecs but AAC and FLAC as they even gate regular Dolby Digital behind payment (the patent on it has expired) and claim it's because they use the official Dolby SDK and have to pay for that. Not a lot of money admittedly, $12 a year, it's peanuts compared to what most spend on streaming services, less than the cost of one month ad-free anything.

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