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

  1. It is not visible (no desktop/laptop hooked up)
  2. It is low power
  3. It has a simple remote control
  4. It supports Jellyfin
  5. It is relatively cheap (< $150)

I am sure I could build something out of a raspberry pi, but:

  1. I don't need another project I have to fiddle with
  2. It MUST support new codecs (h.265/AC1/aac/...) as I want direct play from my server
  3. 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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[–] habitualcynic@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I second the AppleTV recommendation based on your disgust with the Roku UI ads, I am completely on your side there, but my similar search has bought me to AppleTV.

I currently run Amazon Fire Sticks which also have UI ads but my pihole is catching most of them and it’s dirt cheap with h.265 support. Plus it runs various hacked apps like TVMob, Cinema, and Cyberflix. That’s what keeps me from moving to an AppleTV or an n100 box already.

[–] uzay@infosec.pub 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What filters are you using in pihole to filter the fire stick ads?

[–] habitualcynic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hagezi’s pro and above blocks the sponsored video ones which I found most intrusive: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists/main/domains/native.amazon.txt

These usually break the UI but you can still access apps so it’s functional.

  • unagi-eu.amazon.com
  • ktpx-eu.amazon.com

I’m using the hagezi list for now

[–] uzay@infosec.pub 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks!

[–] nix98@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (4 children)

How good is Jellyfin on AppleTV? My understanding was the app was a bit lacking...

[–] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Swiftfin is the official Apple TV jellyfin app. Swiftfin is great on iOS, but hasn’t been updated on Apple TV for a while. It also lacks a lot of polish and features but it is being worked on. There should be an update soon.

I’ve been using infuse on Apple TV. Infuse isn’t open source and needs a subscription to watch most 4k hdr content. I think it’s worth it if Swiftfin gets an update soon.

Apple TV is definitely a better experience compared to Samsung and Android. Apps are nicer and there isn’t any ads, privacy controls and privacy statements are much better. Recommended content can also be disabled and only shows when your hovering over the relevant app.

[–] gray@pawb.social 5 points 2 days ago

Use SwiftFin app instead on Apple TV, but better than the Jellyfin app.

[–] habitualcynic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh I haven’t made the leap yet due to the jailbreak apps but I’ve seen read that Jellyfin is decent on AppleTV, about as good as anywhere else. Probably not as polished as you’d expect on AppleTV but serviceable. I’ll update if I end up buying one!

[–] xnx@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Any guide you recommend for tvmob, cinema, and cyberflix?

[–] habitualcynic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

This worked best for me for Linux ISOs on my fire stick: https://www.firesticktricks.com/jailbreak-fire-stick.html

Edited to un-embed, thanks u/lka1988

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Why did you embed the link? Just paste the link directly into your comment.

https://www.firesticktricks.com/jailbreak-fire-stick.html

[–] habitualcynic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Oh shoot, didn’t realize it just worked. Thanks!