OPopen-paren·Sep 10, 2024
Unfortunately and at least as of March, Jellyfin doesn't support deeplinks.
https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-androidtv/discussions/3...
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Android TV Client for Jellyfin
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6 sourcesThis is my first time hearing about Jellyfin, and wow what a breath of fresh air compared to the typical hyper growth model employed by a lot of OSS projects.
Any Jellyfin users here that can vouch for it? I currently have a SMB share on a Raspberry Pi 4 and I connect to that on my Amazon Fire Stick using the VLC SMB features. It works ok but the VLC UI leaves much to be desired. Would Jellyfin be better for this? Is there a client that works on the Fire TV stick? (This one I think? https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-androidtv)
In Jellyfin: We're Good, SeriouslyThis is pretty easy with wireguard or tailscale.
Or - and I know people don't love this answer - just host it publicly. Yes - it requires some monitoring and a little bit of attention, but at the end of the day it's not that hard, and the risks are fairly low (even if it gets compromised - the world is not over).
Jellyfin has apps (which do incur a bit of overhead for maintainers in actual dollars) but honestly, as long as you're not on iphone, you can just build them locally and sideload them. No store/publisher required.
I primarily use the android tv client on a nvidia shield running a custom ROM.
https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-androidtv
In Jellyfin: Free software media systemAndroid TV Client for Jellyfin
1 points · Open discussionAre you on the latest Android TV beta
https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-androidtv/releases
btw for Android TV i would recommend installing kodi and the jellyfin plugin
In Jellyfin: Free Software Media SystemThis will actually be fixed in one of the next updates (once https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-androidtv/pull/244 is merged)
In Jellyfin: A Free Software Media System