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Unable to control with Fire Stick remote - hamishm - 2025-06-19
I have just installed Jellyfin on my Amazon Fire Stick using the official APK from the github releases page. It found my server and I logged in OK, and I see my libraries.
However now I can't actually navigate anywhere on the page with the Fire Stick remote. The arrow buttons don't do anything, except that if I press and hold the main page will scroll up and down. I can't use the arrows to navigate to a specific title. Enter will open a title and return will return, but I can't navigate. The TV remote will scroll a little bit too (via HDMI-CEC) but not let me select items either.
There's a message at the bottom of the screen saying "Please disable battery optimizations for media playback while the screen is off" with an OK button, which I'm unable to dismiss because I can't reach the OK button. (And the Fire Stick doesn't have a battery and I don't know of a way to disable that optimization.)
Thanks for any help you can offer
RE: Unable to control with Fire Stick remote - niels - 2025-06-19
We have two apps, one for phones and one for TV. It looks like you installed the mobile app on your TV! You want to use "Jellyfin for Android TV": https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-androidtv
You can also find this in the Amazon Appstore (where it is called Jellyfin for Fire TV): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TX7Z725
RE: Unable to control with Fire Stick remote - hamishm - 2025-06-19
Thanks, that was it!