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Alternatives to Roku/AppleTV for Jellyfin Client (lemmy.world)
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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!

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[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

If they have a 5th gen or newer Intel CPU, Quicksync will work excellently for transcoding. No discrete GPU needed.

[–] enemenemu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For how many devices?

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As many as most GPUs without all the extra cost and power draw. Nvidia sets a transcode limit of 2 sessions unless you disable it. You really shouldn't ever be transcoding 4k content. Most people will duplicate 1080p and 4k content and not share the 4k library for remote streaming/external users to avoid transcoding, and 1080p transcodes are no sweat. Furthermore, the goal should be to avoid transcoding wherever possible, so it's unlikely that you'd have multiple people doing intensive transcoding simultaneously if you follow the above advice. You'll want everyone to direct play as much as possible.

[–] enemenemu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

how many 4k streams?

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As many as your hard drives or upload bandwidth can handle since they would be playing directly and not transcoding.

[–] enemenemu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

Thanks, it's good advice that you do not need a gpu if you watch movies in 1080. It's sufficient for 99% setups anyway