Android TV version 0.16 | Jellyfin
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It has been a busy year with a lot of work on the Android TV app. After an extended beta period today is finally the day to share this work
  • NielsOPEnglish
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    11 months ago

    First post on Lemmy! (Well technically second because I borked the first one haha)

    • jlow (he/him)@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Welcome! 🎉✨

      And thanks for the post! People have been waiting for Android TV suppprt, right (I don’t have one so …)?

      • wgbirne@feddit.deEnglish
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        11 months ago

        I was definitely waiting for this release! Was reading through the discussions on github a couple of weeks ago because of an annoying bug in version 0.15.12 and found out that it is supposed to be fixed in 0.16.

  • jamhandyEnglish
    4·
    11 months ago

    Does the Android TV version have any relation to what the Google Chromecast runs too?

    • NielsOPEnglish
      7·
      11 months ago

      The newer Chromecasts with “Google TV” are just Android TV with a different launcher. If you have a remote control you have Android TV.

    • SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I don’t think so. This version runs on AndroidTV and FireTV boxes. I use it on my Nvidia Shield.

      I think the chromecast version runs from the web player directly.

    • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
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      11 months ago

      You don’t need Android TV for that. There are options, but my preference is to use the Jellyfin plugin for Kodi and run Kodi with a nice skin.

    • SeaMauFive@lemm.eeEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I’m assuming you mean the jellyfin server and not the Android TV client specifically.

      Running the jellyfin server on an SBC is possible, I’m running it on a pi 4 right now. Personally, I’d recommend installing docker and running the service in a container. There’s official docs for how to do so https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/installation/container/

      That being said, Jellyfin docs recommend against running on an SBC. I too, running it on an SBC, recommend against it. It can do the “happy path” well. But if the stored media is in a format that requires the server to transcode it for the current, it cannot handle it. The time it takes to transcode is several times longer than the actual run time of the media. You will have a bad time. I’m currently looking to change/upgrade the hardware to work around this

  • gever4ever@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    I switched to Jellyfin from Kodi and it works really well for me. Kinda wish for more support for subtitles, though, especially for RTL languages.

  • Contend6248@feddit.deEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Will the Amazon Appstore version for FireTV devices also get an update? It’s very old now.

    Other than that, a huge update, incredible work!

    Many thanks

    • NielsOPEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Fire TV is Android TV so yes it will also get the update! Unfortunately Amazon rejected the update like they often do so it will take a bit longer before the update is available on the Amazon Appstore.

      edit: I just checked and it’s live now!

  • subtexEnglish
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    11 months ago

    This looks like a nice update.

    My nas is too old to run a current jellyfin server but I plan on setting one up temporarily on a macbook so I can test it out.

    Been meaning to keep up with this as an alternative to plex (which has served me well for over a decade)