Comment by dmos62
16 hours ago
Sad to hear about people getting stuck in weak ecosystems.
By the way, I switched from Jellyfin to plain SMB + Nova Player (Android), which has basically the same interface, but no user profiles, and works over SMB, obviously. No transcoding, best format support, and best performance for large files I've found yet for my TCL Android TV.
I mean, for my TV at home where everything is connected with a gigabit LAN, I usually use Kodi on a Pi4, over SMB, with a Logitech KT400 to drive it from wherever I feel like sitting.
It's silent, reasonably self-contained, and is appliance-like to get going (just dump OpenELEC onto an SD card, plug everything in, and then simply begin using it).
Plus, there's two HDMI outputs: One that connects directly to the the dumb TV and sends only video, while the other sends only lossless PCM audio to the once-rather-high-end AV receiver (that gets choked up on more-modern HDMI bitrates).
And that's great for me at my house, with my pile of gear, and with my technical proclivities.
But I'm not my mom, and this isn't my mom's house. :)