Android TV version 0.17

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Before the update 0.17, while using server version 10.9.8, .strm files would play without issue using liblvc as the player, which now seems to have been removed. I appreciate the hard work done on the android tv, and Jellyfin as well, but is there a reason why these features like choosing different players for different library/media types have been removed? 10.9.x seems to have done this in a couple of areas, where fixing issues often seems to come at the cost of removing options that the end user could use.

libvlc was removed from ATV because it presented too many bugs (audio/subs out-of-sync, etc.).

I'm not sure of if and when it will be brought back.

Just curious as to why removing the option to use it was made, even if it was buggy in some cases, its not as if it was the only option? Or why the option to define different players for libraries and live tv was changed?

With how many variables are at play with media formats and types that users can have, why does it seem like there is trying to be a "one-size fits all" approach to things?

In scenarios like what I am in, it's now either things work with the current implementation, or not at all. Whereas previously I at least had some options to use, and a bit more granular control for some flexibility.

It is what it is, and getting an answer to these questions isn't necessarily going to fix them, so it may be moot. The best I can do is simply to express that the functions that were removed were useful and hope that the dev considers giving users more options like those in future updates.