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I’m running Jellyfin because I want to reduce my energy footprint. I’m happy to watch series on my iPad instead of a TV. I also don’t need my disk-based NAS tur
by louwrentius 3y ago
I’m running Jellyfin because I want to reduce my energy footprint. I’m happy to watch series on my iPad instead of a TV. I also don’t need my disk-based NAS turned on if I put content on an external SSD hooked up to a Raspberry Pi4 with Jellyfin.
I had an issue where my Mac or iPad could not stream anything in h265 (not 100% sure about the format) in the browser. The Raspberry Pi would start transcoding which it lacks the performance for.
Fortunately the Jellyfin iOS client works perfectly, I’m guessing it uses hardware acceleration of the iPad.
- xattt 3y agoIs it common for people to use web apps first when a native client is available?
- SahAssar 3y agoYes. I refuse to use native apps when the functionality can be as good in a web app. Things like chat, email, watching videos, listening to music, etc. A lot of the time the "native" app is using electron anyway, so why go through the hassle of installing it when it is just a app-specific browser?
- HumblyTossed 3y agoFrom commercial entities, hell yes. They don't need a permanent spot on my device.
- galleywest200 3y agoI like to save websites as "apps" on my devices and use it that way. I do generally prefer web-apps I suppose but I also greatly appreciate the distraction reduction of NOT being in a browser, as the internet has infinite distractions.
- lost_tourist 3y agoi do because it's a lot easier to limit what an "app" can do on your system. It's a sandbox of a sort.
- tetris11 3y agoMy NAS goes into hibernation when its not used, and spins up when Jellyfin asks something of it. Its reasonably efficient IMO
- louwrentius 3y agoMy NAS is turned off and only turned on when required, nothing is more power efficient :-)
- MattPalmer1086 3y agoI have Plex running on a Pi 4, with some USB disks attached that spin down when not needed. Seems to also work fine.