Android client alternative

[dduniam]

So, I'm pretty new to Jellyfin. The server side looks pretty good so far, but the Android client for TV is, well, very average at best. Is there a better Android client out there ? I have an Nvidia Shield TV Pro with Kodi installed using Windows Media Server, can Kodi be used to connect to Jellyfin please ?

[2cute2betrue]

I come from the opposite. I think the JF Client itself is quite good and clean and i happy with it. But even on the Shield 2019 Pro it struggels to play some DTS files, while Kodi (or in my case CoreELEC) plays it all.


There are 2 addons for KODI in extra repos(https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/clients/kodi/) + the Kodi Sync Queue (https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/plugins/) plugin for the server to keep everything in sync.

[dduniam]

Thank you, I'll give those a go.

[STM]

For Android I like https://github.com/jarnedemeulemeester/findroid

[gccalvin]

Symfonium is amazing. The only downsides is that it isn't FOSS, and it's $3 dollars to purchase. You can get a free trial and see if you like it.

[TheDreadPirate]

Symfonium is amazing. The only downsides is that it isn't FOSS, and it's $3 dollars to purchase. You can get a free trial and see if you like it.

The Finamp revamp (currently in beta), deals with all the issues I had with Finamp that drove me to Symfonium initially.  I'd choose Finamp over Symfonium now.

[tollgate]

I come from the opposite. I think the JF Client itself is quite good and clean and i happy with it. But even on the Shield 2019 Pro it struggels to play some DTS files, while Kodi (or in my case CoreELEC) plays it all.


There are 2 addons for KODI in extra repos(https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/clients/kodi/) + the Kodi Sync Queue (https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/plugins/) plugin for the server to keep everything in sync.

I too like the Jellyfin Android TV app. Just missing one thing - playback info/stats for nerds. Never had any trouble with DTS but as my soundbar does not support DTS they are being direct streamed with the audio transcoded (I think).