Implement true 'Direct Play' when using 'External Player' to reduce network routing

[zaudio]

I am contacting Jellyfin as it is the Jellyfin Server/Android TV Client that are the problem here. The server, like you say, only accepts local mounts for its libraries. You cannot specify network share paths directly. I have been told the network share paths you can still add to library configurations are deprecated and were never implemented. I would like the Android TV client when using an external player and Direct Play to actually use those network share paths so my movies are not streamed via the mount points... This would mean my Zidoo player would get a true direct network path to my movie, and not a path to the mount point that the Jellyfin server has - which adds that additional routing that is problematic for me.