2024-02-13, 04:53 PM
i see, you wanted to use jellyfin as a Home Theater interface instead of a streaming media server
unfortunately, it's really better at the latter, as server it's solid but as a client not so much
i use mine with zidoo so i can have as much metadata in the same place as possible along with watch state tracking where i can continue watching from anywhere
there is a possibility to facilitate this through trakt since Zidoo has trakt as well but i haven't tried
but i still maintain a "BluRay"+"4K BluRay" library separately just for Zidoo to play on my home theater which are BDMV backups which Jellyfin is not good at
those are stored outside of jellyfin and would not be resumeable from any other client (because they don't exist in those clients) but if needed i have digital copies on movies anywhere for mobile use
if you have no remote clients and no desire to continue watching remotely then i do see where jellyfin may not fit in your environment
unfortunately, it's really better at the latter, as server it's solid but as a client not so much
i use mine with zidoo so i can have as much metadata in the same place as possible along with watch state tracking where i can continue watching from anywhere
there is a possibility to facilitate this through trakt since Zidoo has trakt as well but i haven't tried
but i still maintain a "BluRay"+"4K BluRay" library separately just for Zidoo to play on my home theater which are BDMV backups which Jellyfin is not good at
those are stored outside of jellyfin and would not be resumeable from any other client (because they don't exist in those clients) but if needed i have digital copies on movies anywhere for mobile use
if you have no remote clients and no desire to continue watching remotely then i do see where jellyfin may not fit in your environment