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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

we live in hell

I don't even understand the pitch? you have the disc playing, in your hands, your ownership, no buffering, no subscription required. and they're saying....hey do you want a worse experience?

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[-] drahardja@lemmy.world 363 points 1 year ago

Protip: Do not connect your TV to the Internet.

[-] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 129 points 1 year ago

I ended up giving up and just putting a Linux PC attached to my TV as a media center. I host plex on it.

[-] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 81 points 1 year ago

This is the way (Jellyfin here)

[-] MrBusiness@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 year ago

I'm new to all this. Got any recommendations how to learn about Jellyfin?

[-] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

while often outdated, there are youtube tutorials. you could buy a cheap thinkcentre or set up a virtual machine to try it out.

personally, i run truenas scale with jellyfin as an "app" on my old PC.

[-] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

So here's how I'm running things: At the top level it's a Raspberry pi 5 running raspbian, then everything else (jellyfin, prowlarr, radarr, sonarr, Usenet download software, etc) is a docker container. If that sounds like how you want to do it feel free to message me and I can try to get you on your feet

[-] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

I’m not who you replied to but I’ve been looking to set up something like this (I have a year old dedicated tower for hosting)

But I don’t know anything about docker, and it seems like a pretty big learn - is it required for the sonarr radarr and overseerr stuff, or just a nice to have thing?

[-] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

It's not required it's just a lot smoother to update and sort things out. I recommend it but you don't need it.

[-] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Fair enough, thanks!

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[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Honestly you can just run the app on your computer and tv connected devices. You don’t have to get fancy. I had trouble getting it setup to recognize and remember my library server address at first, but somehow I got it to work. I don’t like the UI though, and just use PLEX instead.

[-] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Of use jellyfin, but I have too many friends with only consoles that rely on my server. Sigh

[-] SkippingRelax@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

I don't see how this is giving up though. Been doing this to close to two decades in one form of another and I wouldn't consider any other way. Except kodi instead of plexus here.

[-] Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I mean, steam made it work with games, you telling me that 6-7 of these giant media companies can't get it to work for video? The giving up part is that you have to embrace piracy (again?) to get to acceptable levels of service per dollar

[-] nevetsg@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

I still watch TV through a Laptop running Windows Media Centre. MS have given up on trying to kill it. The Microsoft remote has seen better days but is still functioning.

[-] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Until Plex gets unbearable as well. They have been getting a lot shittier lately.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Other server software are available of course. The concept stays the same though. Very much recommend doing this. I'm halfway there, running Plex on my desktop PC and watching on my TV and other devices at home. Very comfortable setup. But I wish I had a small computer like a Pi or something, and a NAS to hold my drives. That way my desktop PC could rest.

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[-] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

There's always Kodi! You don't have to update your media server software.

[-] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago

Nah, I'll just switch to Jellyfin.

[-] Z4rK@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

They hit my threshold of shittiness some years back and I’ve been enjoying Jellyfin ever since. It’s a much better alternative for most!

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[-] dandroid@dandroid.app 7 points 1 year ago

I have my Steam Deck attached to my TV. It's great for watching pirated sports streams via web browser.

[-] frokie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I still get Roku recommendations on plex content from my Apple TV. They are doing content recognition off of the hdmi input

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[-] bigFab@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Protip: destroy your 'smart' TV.

[-] Tja@programming.dev 20 points 1 year ago
[-] Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago
[-] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] ridethisbike@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The real protips are always in the comments

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[-] key@lemmy.keychat.org 2 points 1 year ago

Protip: tip the pros

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

You go ahead and destroy something that cost you hundreds of dollars. Be it a TV or cans of Bud Light, I'm not going to destroy something I already got out of some need for a moral victory.

I hate 'smart' TVs. I wish they didn't exist. But telling someone to destroy the one they already had- meaning that if they want to watch TV, they'll just have to buy another- doesn't really make much sense to me.

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[-] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

Or, if you must (cringe), use anonymous credentials, have a router level VPN, and maybe even run pihole. But much better to just hook up a PC to your TV and run all of your apps off of that.

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