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Re:Plex lays off more than 20 percent of its staff by scarface_74 on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @06:59PM (#36513855)
Does Jellyfin have user friendly clients for iOS, Android, Roku, AppleTV and various SmartTVs?
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Re:Plex lays off more than 20 percent of its staff by krisroadruck on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @07:15PM (#36514010)
Every time I've asked them about an app for Samsung or LG tvs - the two most popular brands they've pushed back "we're volunteers, we don't use those TVs, it's not on our to-do list but feel free to code it yourself". They aren't open to being paid to develop it either.
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Re:Plex lays off more than 20 percent of its staff by freedomben on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @07:33PM (#36514220)
Interesting, I have a Samsung TV but I'v never even considered running Jellyfin as a native app. I keep the TV off the internet so it can't be a spy box. The Chromecast with Google TV is so affordable and so great, I just use that everywhere. To be clear I'm not telling you you're wrong for wanting to do it on the TV, that's a personal preference, I'm just sharing how I do it in case it helps.
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Re:Plex lays off more than 20 percent of its staff by dom96 on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @07:47PM (#36514369)
Are you not concerned about the Chromecast being a spybox?
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Re:Plex lays off more than 20 percent of its staff by scarface_74 on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @07:58PM (#36514472)
But you’re not concerned about ChromeCast - sold by an adTech company - being spyware?
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Re:Plex lays off more than 20 percent of its staff by krisroadruck on Monday July 10, 2023 @11:54AM (#36668212)
I ultimately ended up getting an nvidia shield, but at that point it solved my biggest gripe with plex so I just switched back to plex and have been happy with it.
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Re:Plex lays off more than 20 percent of its staff by Red_Leaves_Flyy on Thursday June 29, 2023 @09:27AM (#36520055)
A Roku is what? $50? Cheaper than a new tv and probably a better experience than lgos or tizen…
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Re:Plex lays off more than 20 percent of its staff by malermeister on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @07:07PM (#36513936)
iOS

Yes: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/jellyfin-mobile/id1480192618

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/swiftfin/id1604098728

Android

Yes: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jellyfin.m...

Roku

Yes: https://channelstore.roku.com/en-gb/details/cc5e559d08d9ec87...

AppleTV

Yes: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/swiftfin/id1604098728

various SmartTVs

Depends. The Android ones, yes. There's one for Samsung but it isn't officially packaged yet - works quite well from what I've seen tho.

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Re:Plex lays off more than 20 percent of its staff by mdhen on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @07:53PM (#36514419)
LG has a good one
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