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Jellyfin doesn’t work without complex setup on Apple stuff. For the Apple TV app, you’ll need to know the server’s IP address to get started. It can’t just detect it like Plex can.
I had it up and running at one point, but tried it again this year and it was a complete non starter.
Entering an IP address is complex for someone who has managed to install a Jellyfin server?
Yea, I find needing to know the IP annoying, but by no means difficult or problematic.
I do wish many devs would put some effort into discovery (with Apple stuff, Bonjour works fine, everything else there's mDNS).
Thankfully the Jellyfin Tizen app (Samsung) at least remembers servers and shows them by name after connecting by IP.