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Best plex/jellyfin compatible streaming box (leaf.dance)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I've seen a couple articles about an android tv alternative and it's got me thinking about a streaming box again. A while back i gave kodi a try and didn't care for the experience. Granted, it was on a pi so expectations were low but it missed the mark for me. This time around i've got a modest nuc with proxmox i was thinking of moving to the living room and standing up a fresh vm of kodi to stream to.

I could just access the files over the network but i'm already running both plex and jellyfin so why not use either for my watch history. All that being said is kodi still my best bet?

Why proxmox? At some point down the road i'd like to get a capture card in the mix to stream games and that feels like the most flexible way to do everything.

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

like most things apple when it works it's the best user experience out there, but if you have the slightest little issue good fucking luck.

I can't speak to infuse (because I'm self hosting to get away from subscriptions) but Jellyfin is extremely picky about file formats on appletv, I found myself using VLC more and more often until my Pihole sd card died and I found myself with a Libreelec box that just runs anything I throw at it without complaining.

the search for a remote half as good as a siri remote has begun.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    VLC is a great way to work with AppleTV, if you are willing to trade a few more clicks and less meta data for being free. It is by far the gold standard of being able to play anything.

    The file format issue, plus the simple interface (especially for older less technically inclined) makes infuse worth the $100 lifetime cost (especially with family sharing).

    What hardware are you using for your LibreELEC? Pi 3,4,5? With an external drive?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Pi4 just streaming Jellyfin, nothing fancy.

    didn't know infuse had a lifetime cost but look how that's working out for plex.

    I would rather ssh into a linux box I own to bash my head against bluetooth compatibility issues than have everything just work while a company sells every last bit of data they can steal from me.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    As an old IT guy I empathize with the control of data. I have my array of self-hosted servers and love my CLI.

    With that said, the older I get the less patience I have for hacking it together and supporting it. I still prefer privacy, and indeed Firecore Infuse is "Private by design" by their own statement. It's not open source and I am not clear if it's audited, but for as long as it lasts I'm happy friends and family less technically inclined have a simple easy familiar interface which I don't have to support.

    I will say I'm impressed A Pi4 works so well for jellyfin streaming. I guess it's not transcoding, so it's just a database and file share.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    While I've used the pi as a media server before and it did admirably I think you have the wrong idea, it's just a set top client. A Pi Zero could probably do just as well or pretty much anything that can run Kodi ... which rules out AppleTV sadly.

    and I'm right there with you not supporting other peoples tech. My parents Chromecast got a PiHole exemption because screw explaining why they're watching a static screen for 3 minutes where ads used to be ... every time; if their tv app even loads without phoning home in the first place.

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