Just noticed that lineage is has an android TV build for the odroid c4, which is USD $54 (way cheaper than a pi) and you can get an ir remote for $5 and a case for $5.
Couple that with f-droid and the jellyfin android TV client, and that seems like it should be good, no?
Probably fine. I find the experience of JellyFin on Android isn’t great, but it’s not due to lack of processing power.
I have their N2+ and its a fantastic device. I use their CoreELEC for Kodi though, which I then use Jellyfin’s add-on that syncs with Kodi’s library for all the info and watch progress.
I’ve been fiddling with libre elec on the pi and have not liked it very much.
Don’t like Kodi? Or problems?
I didn’t like the way JellyCon integrated into kodi. I need to try the library sync plugin. But jellyfin has all my media, so why not just use a jellyfin client?
so why not just use a jellyfin client?
Depending on what you are playing and what setup you have, the Android players are just not good enough.
With the default web player, you lack audio passthrough and have to transcode most subtitles, with ExoPlayer you lack many codecs in passthrough, when using an external player like VLC you lack proper progress tracking.
Kodi/CoreELEC does it all: plays most video codecs, passes through every audio codec in existence, automatically switches resolutions and refresh rate, has no issues with high bitrate 4k, switches HDR on the fly and syncs watch progress to Jellyfin.
The Kodi sync plugin is essential though.
That is for the feedback, I will give the jellyfin plugin a go.
Reading their reply reminded me:
When you first install Jellyfin’s repo, and then addon, the initial setup starts. It will ask you if you want to use it Native mode or Plugin mode. Chose Plugin, Native has been deprecated and won’t work. Plugin mode now basically just points Kodi to where the video files live on the server with Jellyfin. For me it still eliminates ALL transcoding, including HDR, subtitles, and Dolby Atmos/DTS-X.
Then the extra addon Kodi Sync makes Kodi play nicely with Jellyfin’s internal database, and makes progress and newly added media sync instantly and in the background.
Their documentation is very good, just remember Native Mode is deprecated and Plugin Mode now does the same thing.
For me, it’s because the Kodi clients work better than the Jellyfin clients. I run a few Elec boxes and theyre always faster than Android clients, use less resources and have at least as many capabilities. And they trip transcode less often than Jellyfin clients. I do use the “jellyfin” plugin, not Jellyfin. It integrates as well as a library sync I used to use, while letting me use JF to keep all my metadata updated
