I would love to run this on my Arch Linux PC and stream to my Google Chromecast but I couldn't get it to run... I tried for 2 weeks and gave up...
That's my exact setup. Works flawlessly.
Jellyfin: Free software media system
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Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system
#22Cool software. I used it within/in parallel to Kodi to sync a couple devices but ended up removing this layer. I didn't like that you can't outright disable transcoding for content served via their app or in the browser. I serve mostly local client and my headless NAS has poor integrated graphics and runs Linux so this was very brittle. Kodi's jellyfin addon can play without transcoding by default so this seemed reas…
> I didn't like that you can't outright disable transcoding for content served via their app or in the browser.
You can outright disable transcoding. That’s a checkbox in the server option.
> both this and the native Android app do not handle Dolby vision or passthrough atmos content properly
They do out of the box. Never had an issue with either transcoding disabled. If you have properly configured the source content, Jellyfin is just a passthrough for Kodi and content is directly accessed using the network share.
Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system
#23For years I just wanted a good user experience playing video files from my MBP to a TV, I spent a lot of money (on NAS, chromecasts etc), used a lot of software with objectively terrible user experiences (Plex I'm looking firmly at you). Finally, I discovered the combination of Jellyfin and Infuse App. It works really well.
Can you explain more? I am using Infuse with nfs mounted shares and have been pretty happy. Anthing to gain from jellyfin?
Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system
#24For years I just wanted a good user experience playing video files from my MBP to a TV, I spent a lot of money (on NAS, chromecasts etc), used a lot of software with objectively terrible user experiences (Plex I'm looking firmly at you). Finally, I discovered the combination of Jellyfin and Infuse App. It works really well.
What does Jellyfin + Infuse give you over simply using Infuse?
I looked at Jellyfin about a year ago and settled on just playing media from my NAS using Infuse but maybe I need to take another look
Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system
#25Cool software. I used it within/in parallel to Kodi to sync a couple devices but ended up removing this layer. I didn't like that you can't outright disable transcoding for content served via their app or in the browser. I serve mostly local client and my headless NAS has poor integrated graphics and runs Linux so this was very brittle. Kodi's jellyfin addon can play without transcoding by default so this seemed reas…
> I didn't like that you can't outright disable transcoding for content served via their app or in the browser. You can outright disable transcoding. That’s a checkbox in the server option. > both this and the native Android app do not handle Dolby vision or passthrough atmos content properly They do out of the box. Never had an issue with either transcoding disabled. If you have properly configured the source conten…
I'm not sure what to say. Unless this is a recent change in my experience it does not work as intended. I spent a lot of time playing with the various transcoding settings and per user settings and direct path access or the regular way of accessing files.
I'm happy it worked for you. I have specific content jellyfin doesn't work with where Kodi is fine and I am just sharing my experience with this software package.
Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system
#26Jellyfin server is pretty decent. The client apps need tons of work, especially on iOS. Using Swiftfin/Jellyfin iOS app convinced me to buy Plex Pass lifetime. Probably less of an issue on android with the Kodi app integration.
Someone else in the comments here suggested the „Infuse“ app on iOS. It can use multiple backends including jellyfin, plex, but also sftp etc. Cannot speak for its daily use as I just installed it myself, but looks good on the first glance.
Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system
#27I would love to run this on my Arch Linux PC and stream to my Google Chromecast but I couldn't get it to run... I tried for 2 weeks and gave up...
I'm running on an Arch Linux based home server, what in particular gave you trouble?
Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system
#28I use this with infuse and it works amazing. My server mounts to my NAS using NFS and with a flag in your fstab, it only mounts when it access the files. I’m on a 1G symmetrical line and with tailscale, there’s minimal lag.
Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system
#29Jellyfin server is pretty decent. The client apps need tons of work, especially on iOS. Using Swiftfin/Jellyfin iOS app convinced me to buy Plex Pass lifetime. Probably less of an issue on android with the Kodi app integration.
Someone else in the comments here suggested the „Infuse“ app on iOS. It can use multiple backends including jellyfin, plex, but also sftp etc. Cannot speak for its daily use as I just installed it myself, but looks good on the first glance.
This was my dilemma. Infuse is definitely better. However, if I’m paying to use a proprietary front end, I may as well just buy the software that natively works together.
Infuse also does not support multi profiles on Apple TV. Which makes it essentially useless for multi-user devices.
Re: Jellyfin: Free software media system
#30For years I just wanted a good user experience playing video files from my MBP to a TV, I spent a lot of money (on NAS, chromecasts etc), used a lot of software with objectively terrible user experiences (Plex I'm looking firmly at you). Finally, I discovered the combination of Jellyfin and Infuse App. It works really well.
Can you explain more? I am using Infuse with nfs mounted shares and have been pretty happy. Anthing to gain from jellyfin?
Not OP, but jellyfin gives you a web interface and multiple user access kinda like Netflix profiles.