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How is Jellyfin on Apple TV 4K? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by blacksky@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I'm currently a Plex user and access it from Apple TV's. I find this is a smooth and stable experience that everyone in the house enjoys and is comfortable. I also use PlexAmp on laptops, mobile and CarPlay.

I am interested in Jellyfin and am wondering if I can expect any hurdles or rough edges moving over?

EDIT: Thanks all for the great feedback and suggestions. I think I will give it a try in parallel with Influx and see if it's worth the $100 lifetime purchase.

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[–] hoover900@ani.social 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

There’s no official Jellyfin app for TvOS. There’s a couple of apps that a log into JellyFin, but they all seem rough around the edges UX wise. Most of them do not have ability to search, nor filter watched movies/shows. You shouldn’t have any problem with setting up JellyFin, you just point it to your video library and it does its thing just like Plex. If you have multiple users, plan on having to do some reeducation on why things look and work slightly differently.

Overall JellyFin is a slight downgrade in the UX compared to Plex, especially on the Apple TV, but should function the same in playing videos.

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Swiftfin is an official tvOS jellyfin app:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/swiftfin/id1604098728

This is per:

https://jellyfin.org/downloads

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I’ve been using Swiftfin for a while. It’s very much an alpha product. I don’t want to pressure the devs though. They’re volunteers releasing something nice for free. All the other apps in the space are paid or even subscription based. Ugh!

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

The big update is coming soon. They've been working on it for a long time now. Its in the final stretch and should hopefully be in TestFlight soon.

[–] chagall@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Infuse has a paid tier but their free tier will satisfy the needs of most people.

[–] TrustedTyrant@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

That’s only if your files are in the right codec. When my files work it’s great but most of my media just results in it showing the upgrade screen.