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Jellyfin is awesome, but there's a few caveats for me. - Android TV app is quite unstable. Even if you make it do direct streaming, it's not a flawless playback

Jellyfin is awesome, but there's a few caveats for me. - Android TV app is quite unstable. Even if you make it do direct streaming, it's not a flawless playback - Sometimes hangs when clicking next episode. I also kind of wish the login experience was a bit better. - Android App is decent, but for music it's unusable. I'm still using plex + plexamp because that experience is just so much better for me. But, I don't regret moving my videos to JF. Plex Android app had terrible QA/QC where it would have regressions consistently every month. A bug where rewinding 30 seconds would push you forward instead of backwards would return at least 1 update every 2 months and that was frustrating.

tw04 5y ago
Appreciate the info. I tried it with a shield a while back and the experience was awful. Haven't tried again recently and it sounds like it's not worth the effort. I have endless issues from a business and go-to-market perspective with Plex, but it's tough to switch when the server and video playback have remained mostly bulletproof the last 18 months.
wingworks 5y ago
Yeah, when I started out on Plex, I tried the other services (Jellyfin and Kodi and this other dedi music one), and while they all did what was advertised more or less, Plex was by far the more polished solution with the least bugs for my setup. I also really like the Plex UI, feels well thought out and easy to navigate. Having said that, I keep an open mind, and every few years check out Jellyfin/Kodi etc.
- katbyte 5y ago
  Have you given Emby a try? I find it’s basically the same as plex without some of the headaches
tomnipotent 5y ago
It will also completely delete any local assets if you're using NFS and a mount disappears during a scan. This has happened to me a few times, very frustrating.
RealStickman_ 5y ago
For audio playback on android I mostly use Finamp nowadays. An older, potentially more stable alternative would be Gelli.
xbmcuser 5y ago
Are you on the latest Android TV beta https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-androidtv/releases https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-androidtv/releases btw for Android TV i would recommend installing kodi and the jellyfin plugin

tw04 5y ago

Appreciate the info. I tried it with a shield a while back and the experience was awful. Haven't tried again recently and it sounds like it's not worth the effort. I have endless issues from a business and go-to-market perspective with Plex, but it's tough to switch when the server and video playback have remained mostly bulletproof the last 18 months.

wingworks 5y ago

Yeah, when I started out on Plex, I tried the other services (Jellyfin and Kodi and this other dedi music one), and while they all did what was advertised more or less, Plex was by far the more polished solution with the least bugs for my setup. I also really like the Plex UI, feels well thought out and easy to navigate. Having said that, I keep an open mind, and every few years check out Jellyfin/Kodi etc.

katbyte 5y ago
Have you given Emby a try? I find it’s basically the same as plex without some of the headaches

tomnipotent 5y ago

It will also completely delete any local assets if you're using NFS and a mount disappears during a scan. This has happened to me a few times, very frustrating.

RealStickman_ 5y ago

For audio playback on android I mostly use Finamp nowadays. An older, potentially more stable alternative would be Gelli.

xbmcuser 5y ago

Are you on the latest Android TV beta https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-androidtv/releases https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-androidtv/releases btw for Android TV i would recommend installing kodi and the jellyfin plugin