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

[zaudio]

yes cifs is v1 but i dont see the requirement on android

you have synology hosting docker, in a container there is jellyfin, jellyfin tells the client to open smb/file

then jellyfin androidtv on shield opens external player with smb/host/file

there shouldn't be a requirement for cifs in that chain

what i was thinking is hosting samba inside a container, jellyfin or a new one, and disabling the lower version that synology has

then you wouldn't be stuck on an older version

not quite... the jellyfin androidtv client external player (which is actually on my Zidoo Z9x) does NOT get to open  smb/host/file; it gets a http stream from the JF server, that itself is opening  smb/host/file using CIFS
I would prefer the andoid tv client's external player WOULD open  smb/host/file and thus bypass the stream routing via the jf server... that the whole point of this ticket, and my corresponding feature request

Yes, I get you great suggestion to run samba inside the jf container and create mount points in there to my shield's external drives, thus bypassing the legacy CIFS mount set up on the synology. That might by a solution to the problem if I can get it to work and set up so it persists like I said. Just very unsure how to do that.