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Serving my media library to my TV (local network only), i need suggestions (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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I currently have two TVs, one I use an appleTV with and the other with a googleTV HD (device formerly known as Chromecast), but they both have issues.

The jellyfin app on appleTV is messed up, it fucks up audio and subs all the time, and in general has a hard time with media that has multiple audio tracks, not using the audio I select with the remote.

The googleTV just stutters with almost everything, direct stream or transcoded doesn't matter. All of my library is just 1080p, I have proper wifi to it, all mobile devices stream just fine.

So neither of these provide me with a solution that really works.

What solutions can you recommend, that allows for seamless navigation of jellyfin with my remote? I don't want anything resembling a mouse/keyboard combo for navigation whatsoever.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The jellyfin problem is probably it downmixing surround 7.1 really shittily. You can run tdarr to downmix surround into stereo before you watch. Kind of a pain but it's the only workaroumd I've got for the shit audio

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I went the other way and just set up 7.1 sound. Being able to control the music and the speech channels has been really useful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Not a bad idea honestly. That's my next project after a home server upgrade.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not getting sync issues at all, the jellyfin client on appleTV simply doesn't select the audio track I select when I choose something different than default. It works perfectly fine on all other devices, just not appleTV. I only have stereo devices.

What did I write in my OP to suggest audio sync issues? You're not the first to think that's my issue, so I must have worded something poorly...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think there's miscommunication. I don't mean you're audio is out of sync, I mean that the file being played has 7.1 as the audio track, then when jellyfin downmixes it to stereo for you speakers it sounds like absolute ass.

The "doesn't select the right audio track" is another issue that I personally don't have, but the downmixing one is something that seems to be baked into Jellyfin for TV.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Aah, the audio quality if fine for me, I don't have exceptionally bad audio quality.