Yes you absolutely can. I have a few like that. I have jelly fin running on a 4th generation i7 system serving all our movies and TV shows. It doesn’t have to be super powerful Etc
Yeah I used to use Plex as well. And there’s nothing super wrong with that. I just like the fact that jelly fin isn’t putting a lot of stuff behind paywalls or taking features away. Which Plex has done over the years as well as introducing advertisement and stuff. I’m not so worried about all the extra streaming content they want to provide. I can get most of it through other apps already.
Yes it is. It’s not a complete replacement for plex. If you do a lot of watching off your local network. That’s a lot trickier to set up. But if all you want is a simple box on your network to stream your media it works well. I think even Synology Nas units now have it as an option as well as Plex?
I have a couple of those. For my money the Chromecast TV is pretty equivalent. But they are solid little systems. I don’t take advantage of any of the gaming capability. Mostly just streaming. But I’ve had one since 2015 and still use it to this day everyday so it’s a pretty solid little device
Depending upon your tv. Definitely. A lot of the smart TV soc’s are barely functional. My mother got a TLC television with Google TV built in. And it is there, it does function. Painfully. It’s super slow and janky. Things are located in weird places on settings etc. We ended up just getting her another $50 Chromecast TV dongle. It works smooth quick and easy. Not in the least underpowered compared to what was included with the television. And the Nvidia Shield TV despite being as old as it is. Still flies
Yes you absolutely can. I have a few like that. I have jelly fin running on a 4th generation i7 system serving all our movies and TV shows. It doesn’t have to be super powerful Etc
I have used Jelly Fin a few times, last time I couldn’t get my network to agree with me. I use Plex to stream my videos.
Yeah I used to use Plex as well. And there’s nothing super wrong with that. I just like the fact that jelly fin isn’t putting a lot of stuff behind paywalls or taking features away. Which Plex has done over the years as well as introducing advertisement and stuff. I’m not so worried about all the extra streaming content they want to provide. I can get most of it through other apps already.
You make a good case for switching back to Jellyfin. It’s open source, if memory is correct.
Yes it is. It’s not a complete replacement for plex. If you do a lot of watching off your local network. That’s a lot trickier to set up. But if all you want is a simple box on your network to stream your media it works well. I think even Synology Nas units now have it as an option as well as Plex?
I am getting an Nvidia Shield from my brother. I am excited to use it.
I have a couple of those. For my money the Chromecast TV is pretty equivalent. But they are solid little systems. I don’t take advantage of any of the gaming capability. Mostly just streaming. But I’ve had one since 2015 and still use it to this day everyday so it’s a pretty solid little device
I was told that it should be faster than my smart TV.
Depending upon your tv. Definitely. A lot of the smart TV soc’s are barely functional. My mother got a TLC television with Google TV built in. And it is there, it does function. Painfully. It’s super slow and janky. Things are located in weird places on settings etc. We ended up just getting her another $50 Chromecast TV dongle. It works smooth quick and easy. Not in the least underpowered compared to what was included with the television. And the Nvidia Shield TV despite being as old as it is. Still flies