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Plex is overhauling its apps with a redesign and under-the-hood upgrades (www.engadget.com)
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[–] lud@lemm.ee 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Are jellyfin apps available on most devices yet?

[–] piranhaphish@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Jellyfin didn't have an app for my then 3-year old LG WebOS TV so, unfortunately, I couldn't use it.

I know people are going to say I should just use a smart box connected to my TV instead of my TV's smart features, but there's a difference in usability that they're not acknowledging.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My LG WebOS TV has it, and it's pretty old (8 years?). It works fine most of the time, but the TV has a habit of disconnecting from the WiFi, and if I launch Jellyfin when the WiFi is borked, Jellyfin forgets my server config, and I have to enter it again. It also doesn't work with my HTTPS URL, so I have to connect it to the HTTP one.

I set up Jellyfin this year, so maybe the app just didn't exist yet. I'd imagine newer WebOS TVs wouldn't have at least the HTTPS issue, and may behave better WRT WiFi.

[–] piranhaphish@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just checked again and you're right! The app seems to now be available for older versions of WebOS whereas it wasn't a year ago or so.

Thanks for the heads up!

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Sure, np. I hope it works out for you. 😀

[–] femtech@midwest.social 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not for xbox

[–] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Jellyfin does support dlna as well

[–] lud@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

DLNA is pretty janky compared to a real app though.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Eh, worked fine for us for a few years on our LG WebOS TV, but now we use Jellyfin because it's a much better experience.