My jellyfin collection has finally become large enough that I have been able to cancel all my streaming services. My issue now is that I want to get rid of my Roku’s that are hooked up to each TV.

Is there a good alternative? It MUST be family approved, meaning:

  1. It is not visible (no desktop/laptop hooked up)
  2. It is low power
  3. It has a simple remote control
  4. It supports Jellyfin
  5. It is relatively cheap (< $150)

I am sure I could build something out of a raspberry pi, but:

  1. I don’t need another project I have to fiddle with
  2. It MUST support new codecs (h.265/AC1/aac/…) as I want direct play from my server
  3. If it stutters/buffers once, it goes into the trash!

I’ve generally been mostly happy with my Roku, and my pi.hole blocks most of their analytics, but last week, I pressed the home button on my Roku and it started play a video add with audio. Completely unacceptable (That has happened twice in the last week). And in general, the more of this crap I can get out of my life the better!

  • iturnedintoanewt@lemm.eeEnglish
    122·
    3 days ago

    Nothing to add, but also interested in this same scenario. I could only think of the Nvidia Shield.

      • CmdrShepard42@lemm.eeEnglish
        8·
        3 days ago

        And it runs Google services, and it costs a fortune, and it hasn’t seen a refresh in 6 years.

        • BigDaddySlim@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          And has reliability issues, I got one for my mom so she could use my Plex server, it died just outside of warranty. She didn’t use it often so it wasn’t used and abused, just stopped outputting video one day.

        • iturnedintoanewt@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          Sorry… I meant from the perspective that you could/should install LOS on it. I think that’s about the only device allowing it, these days.

          • CmdrShepard42@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            No worries, it is just my internal frustration with Nvidia coming out in my comment. It could be a good device if it weren’t abandoned by them years ago while that fact seems to be lost in their current pricing. There isn’t really anything comparable on the market, but I don’t think it’s worth the price in it’s current form.

          • dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            Idk what your usecase is but isn’t LineageOS the opposite of user-friendliness esp for older people? Isn’t it meant for tablets, not tv stresm boxes with remote controls? Or am I missing something

            • iturnedintoanewt@lemm.eeEnglish
              1·
              2 days ago

              Without having tried it, I know it has an Android TV version. I’m not sure what part isn’t user-friendly, as usually that part comes from deciding to go away without most of google oriented services. I installed FLauncher before, and it did its job quite nicely, but haven’t tried LOS, or how it would perform in a TV. For my very specific use case, I need Flauncher to open either Jellyfin or Smarttube. For these purposes the Nvidia could work. But I havent gottent into it yet, and I’m still waiting for better options.