Is it possible to do this ? Jellyfin as SMB host.

[fableman]

Hi.

I run Jellyfin on a raspberry PI Zereo W2, I know its small and a bit weak.

It can handle transcoding of smaller file  (30-40% CPU) but it lock up and kills the Pi Zero W2 if I like starting a 10GB file made for 4K and trying to trying to transcode that.

So Transcoding is a dead end.

If I setup a SMB and play files using VLC on my phone it works great , even with the 10GB 4K movie.

Now to my question:

Is it possible to use the Jellyfin APP for the mobile to browse the files and then start playing but do this over SMB and without transcoding. Would be a really great feature, I don't think any other media servers have that solution?! 

Anyone know of a media player that can do that if not Jellyfin can?

[tmsrxzar]

Is it possible to use the Jellyfin APP for the mobile to browse the files and then start playing but do this over SMB and without transcoding. Would be a really great feature, I don't think any other media servers have that solution?! 

Anyone know of a media player that can do that if not Jellyfin can?

simple answer, no the jellyfin android app will not do this, even if it passes to VLC via external player then VLC would need credentials to the SMB which are not passed to it

if the jellyfin app is requesting transcoding it means your device is not compatible so any means to override are likely to result in bad playback

Kodi might be the only client that would allow you to "force" this sort of behavior but good luck using Kodi on a Phone or any touch interface device and it might not play properly either

you really should have heeded the advice on the hardware selection page to "not install onto a raspberry pi" https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/admini...-selection

[TheDreadPirate]

You can try Findroid. It also has options to always direct play.

[fableman]

(Almoste solved)
I see Jellyfin have DLNA possibility and I tested it with a DLNA media app and that worked great even with that 10GB file.

Why don't the Jellyfin APP have DLNA support ? That would solve the problem.

[TheDreadPirate]

The corporate group that created and maintained DLNA abandoned it in 2017. Also, it only works over LAN. Can't be used over the Internet.

[tmsrxzar]

Why don't the Jellyfin APP have DLNA support ?  That would solve the problem.

because it's not a DLNA client, it is a jellyfin client

primary use of jellyfin is http streaming

[fableman]

To bad, I got the answers I hope I would not get.

sudo apt remove jellyfin

Going back to just have a simple SMB share and use VLC or any other SMB player instead.
(kinda sad that's a better option)

[tmsrxzar]

sudo apt remove jellyfin

don't forget jellyfin-ffmpeg and jellyfin-web, better option to sudo apt remove "jellyfin*"

(kinda sad that's a better option)

... for a raspberry pi, not sad at all it's just that raspberry pi just can't do this