How to waste time and overcomplicate things

Re:How to waste time and overcomplicate things by southerntofu on Sunday February 27, 2022 @09:54AM (#30488970)

Hello, maybe a stupid question but why complicate your setup with Infuse? I've only tried to use jellyfin once, but it seemed like a complete media center that takes care of transcoding. What am i missing?

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Re:How to waste time and overcomplicate things by ryanwarnock on Sunday February 27, 2022 @10:03AM (#30489044)

The Jellyfin app can't save videos for offline playback. In addition to that, I regularly run into random hiccups and playback issues which I haven't had happen with infuse. The web interface for Jellyfin and the overall experience is incredibly good in my opinion however.

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Re:How to waste time and overcomplicate things by southerntofu on Sunday February 27, 2022 @10:35AM (#30489361)

> The Jellyfin app can't save videos for offline playback

That's unfortunate indeed. Is it planned to be implemented at some point?

> I regularly run into random hiccups and playback issues which I haven't had happen with infuse

Could it be that Jellyfin buffers are too tiny? Or that it's using a higher framerate? In any case, it sounds like it's worth reporting to the Jellyfin project.

Have fun

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Re:How to waste time and overcomplicate things by ryanwarnock on Sunday February 27, 2022 @10:46AM (#30489464)

I think a lot of the app's issues arise from not being a native app. There is work to develop a native iOS app[1] which looks really promising. Unfortunately that doesn't have an option for offline playback just yet but it is in the works.

[1] https://github.com/jellyfin/Swiftfin

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