Jellyfin client on A Samsung smart TV...

[TheDreadPirate]

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on the link I provided in my first post, there is a jellyfin client that has been ported to Tizen and can be side loaded onto my Samsung TV which will directly interface with a Jellyfin server, (thru a Cat 8 network cable) on the windows box using the TV's remote...

That's exactly what I want, a standalone server directly, (no internet access) streaming to/feeding the TV... I'm beginning to believe that Kodi will not/is not able to do this and probably never will...

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So you want to directly connect your TV to your PC running Jellyfin via ethernet?  With no router in between?

If that is the case, you would need to manually set an IP and subnet mask on both your computer and your TV.  Normally your PC and TV would be dynamically assigned an IP by your router.  I'm pretty sure most modern devices will detect this setup and shouldn't require a crossover cable.

For the "gateway" it should be set to the PC's IP (whatever that is), including on the PC itself.

PC

IP:  192.168.1.1
mask: 255.255.255.0
gateway: 192.168.1.1
dns: 192.168.1.1

TV

IP: 192.168.1.2
mask: 255.255.255.0
gateway: 192.168.1.1
dns: 192.168.1.1

Something like that.