2024-08-06, 12:00 AM
The issue may be a little deeper than just allowing tanscoding. I can't get .strm files to play with transcoding enabled. Only method to get files to be able to play has been using an external player, which is not an ideal solution. Before the player errors out with "too many errors" the admin dashboard says file is direct playing, and no errors are logged to either jellyfin or ffmpeg, even with debug logging enabled. Really hoping for a solution to pop up soon, as there has already been a handful of people here who have mentioned the lack of libvlc a deal breaker, and are staying on 0.16.x
I myself have taken this as an opportunity to try out forking the android tv repo and building a version of 0.16.x with some default setting changed, and a touch of rebranding with some custom logos. I consider this a temporary solution for myself, and an excuse to get some knowledge using android studio.
I'm a complete amateur in this department, but now that I'm getting a bit more comfortable with the process, I may try poking around in 0.17 to see if there is a potential solution and I'd happily submit is pr if I find anything that works and falls withing the guideline and scope of the current project. Huge shout out to the dev of the android tv app, getting a glimpse under the hood really gives some perspective on how much work has gone into it. Hoping that future updates bring back some of the options that were removed, or better yet, flesh out some of the issues exoplayer seems to have. Either way, the work is immensely appreciated and will be awesome to see it how it develops moving forward.
I myself have taken this as an opportunity to try out forking the android tv repo and building a version of 0.16.x with some default setting changed, and a touch of rebranding with some custom logos. I consider this a temporary solution for myself, and an excuse to get some knowledge using android studio.
I'm a complete amateur in this department, but now that I'm getting a bit more comfortable with the process, I may try poking around in 0.17 to see if there is a potential solution and I'd happily submit is pr if I find anything that works and falls withing the guideline and scope of the current project. Huge shout out to the dev of the android tv app, getting a glimpse under the hood really gives some perspective on how much work has gone into it. Hoping that future updates bring back some of the options that were removed, or better yet, flesh out some of the issues exoplayer seems to have. Either way, the work is immensely appreciated and will be awesome to see it how it develops moving forward.