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Best streaming box/stick for Jellyfin? - beanbagboy - 2024-12-22
Just looking for something that is fairly snappy and can handle itself. Nvidia Shield seems overpriced for its age and I'm not sure how much I'd like an Apple TV due to its closed ecosystem. I really only plan on Jellyfin and maybe Netflix, but having more options if I decide to go that route would be cool.
Been using the Roku TV client (that's all I have access to) and it's pretty miserable. My android phone does a better job streaming the same files on WiFi than the TV does on ethernet (both remote from a different state).
Suggestions? Google TV any good? It's only $99 so if it works well enough I wouldn't mind going with that. I'd like something that can do 4k but I don't have any realistic need for something that supports crazy audio setups.
RE: Best streaming box/stick for Jellyfin? - TheDreadPirate - 2024-12-22
I have the Google TV Streamer and in terms of UI responsiveness, it is a big upgrade over the CCwGTV's it replaced. Having said that, the mediatek chip set the Google TV Streamer uses is bugged for Dolby Vision and HDR10+ content. If you don't have any HDR10+ or DV content, this won't be a problem. Your other option is to convert your DV and HDR10+ content to plain HDR10, which isn't a problem on the Google TV Streamer. I wrote a guide for this process over in the walkthrough sub-forum.
A lot of other user have reported that ONN TV boxes are pretty good for the money.
For non-Android TV options, the Roku Ultra 4800X is very responsive.
RE: Best streaming box/stick for Jellyfin? - Quinterly - 2024-12-23
One drawback of the Google TV Streamer is it doesn't do passthrough of TrueHD or dts-HD MA. Neither do any of the Roku devices.You are limited to lossy audio formats (DD+ is the best you'll get).
Nvidia Shield and Apple TV 4K are both superior for audio handling. FireTV 4K Max and Cube do TrueHD passthrough but not dts-HD MA which make them better audio handling devices than the Google streamer.