2024-02-15, 01:49 PM
(This post was last modified: 2024-02-15, 03:54 PM by bathtub_gin. Edited 5 times in total.)
^This is spot on. I will have to look into Trakt as I am new to this and hadn't given it much thought.
I am not sure if this counts but the server situation was/is retrieving the media from the nas. My ultimate goal is to get and display/navigate on my projector screen using the poster wall set-up like you would in zidoo (it is fed from my AVR which the pc is plugged into via HDMI). If I could do this to a satisfactory extent with jellyfish alone then I wouldn't need to spend $400 on a Zidoo Z20 pro.
It is nearly there just the stuttering streaming full 1:1 blu-ray and 4k rips if I use the jellyfin media player running on the pc. If I habndbrake them they work and most actually work if I drop from TrueHD atmos tracks to a lower bitstream audio codec. Those last few mbps involved in the bitstream seems to push it over the top for the jellyfin player.
VLC and Plex can play fine over the network but I hate the plex interface- too clunky and requires kb+m. VLC doesn't give me that poster wall gui I want with Metadata and preview options.
If I can get everything working for me in my HT that is the goal but if there was a way that friends and family could log in and watch remotely from their house that would be icing on the cake. My internet connection is 100 downstream and 20 upstream so for remote user they would need a transcode both for bandwidth issues and as I understand format issues as the web client won't play my rips without transcoding as it says the format is incompatible. With the transcoding there is no bitstream but my family wouldn't know or care. Zidoo and Jellyfin may end up being the answer.
I am not sure if this counts but the server situation was/is retrieving the media from the nas. My ultimate goal is to get and display/navigate on my projector screen using the poster wall set-up like you would in zidoo (it is fed from my AVR which the pc is plugged into via HDMI). If I could do this to a satisfactory extent with jellyfish alone then I wouldn't need to spend $400 on a Zidoo Z20 pro.
It is nearly there just the stuttering streaming full 1:1 blu-ray and 4k rips if I use the jellyfin media player running on the pc. If I habndbrake them they work and most actually work if I drop from TrueHD atmos tracks to a lower bitstream audio codec. Those last few mbps involved in the bitstream seems to push it over the top for the jellyfin player.
VLC and Plex can play fine over the network but I hate the plex interface- too clunky and requires kb+m. VLC doesn't give me that poster wall gui I want with Metadata and preview options.
If I can get everything working for me in my HT that is the goal but if there was a way that friends and family could log in and watch remotely from their house that would be icing on the cake. My internet connection is 100 downstream and 20 upstream so for remote user they would need a transcode both for bandwidth issues and as I understand format issues as the web client won't play my rips without transcoding as it says the format is incompatible. With the transcoding there is no bitstream but my family wouldn't know or care. Zidoo and Jellyfin may end up being the answer.