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by surgical_fire
34 days ago
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You are not wrong, I am in group 2. I have a small library of movies/anime/tv series that I want to stream over my local network to watch on Android TV. Users are myself, wife and daughter. I tried plex a while ago and I really disliked the interface and how it worked. I recently tried Jellyfin and found it pretty amazing instead. Setting it up was pretty alright. As for TVs, My LG TVs have no native Jellyfin app, but it was easily solvable with Android TV boxes that I already had nonetheless. |
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i do agree the interface can be a bit odd in places, but it takes about 5 minutes to learn, really. Disabling all the plex crap helps a lot so i see only my own content.
As for the tv apps -- yes exactly you already had an android tv box but if you didnt? Then you have to get one, set that up, now you are 2 steps removed from what you are trying to acheive. And what about if you wanted to share your content with grandma or family elsewhere in the country? it's not easy.
Also you just unlocked horror memories of set top boxes etc. I remember years ago i used to run a decent setup with audio, hdmi matrix and various inputs, like a firetv, or a popcorn hour, as well as PC, consoles etc . ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE getting family to be able to use it. they could never get the input right, or the audio right or something. god i forgot how mauch i hate plugging stuff in to the family tv. Thank goodness for smart apps lol! WAF is through the roof. Never thought Id say that.
Now I have a Wiim Pro with ARC HDMI and a Sony android TV. never need to touch anything. all controlled on the tv remote, audio, source and it all just works.