My jellyfin collection has finally become large enough that I have been able to cancel all my streaming services. My issue now is that I want to get rid of my Roku’s that are hooked up to each TV.

Is there a good alternative? It MUST be family approved, meaning:

  1. It is not visible (no desktop/laptop hooked up)
  2. It is low power
  3. It has a simple remote control
  4. It supports Jellyfin
  5. It is relatively cheap (< $150)

I am sure I could build something out of a raspberry pi, but:

  1. I don’t need another project I have to fiddle with
  2. It MUST support new codecs (h.265/AC1/aac/…) as I want direct play from my server
  3. If it stutters/buffers once, it goes into the trash!

I’ve generally been mostly happy with my Roku, and my pi.hole blocks most of their analytics, but last week, I pressed the home button on my Roku and it started play a video add with audio. Completely unacceptable (That has happened twice in the last week). And in general, the more of this crap I can get out of my life the better!

  • TrippyHippyDan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    If you’re happy with the Roku hardware and you’re going to cancel all your other streaming services, why not just firewall block the Roku from reaching out of your local network?

    If you do that, Jellyfin will still work fine, and you won’t have the ability to get posted ads or anything else from the Roku, so it’ll just become a Jellyfin box.

    • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I’ve taken this approach, sometimes these boxes will act up when they can’t phone home. Definitely worth trying though.

  • wckring@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    If it’s an option, the Xiaomi mi box it’s a cheap android TV device that plays probably everything. Costs around 60 euro in eu. If not you coul always go for Google TV with a custom launcher to block stock android launcher ads.