#swiftfin — Public Fediverse posts
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@[email protected] I'm loving it so far, but yea def lots of things to figure out and some issues here n there. My findings so far:
On desktop, use the desktop app (well at least on macOS.. hopefully this issue with #Linux/#Flatpak gets fixed soon)
On #Android, the best app I found was #Findroid - works super well and looks amazing.
On iOS, the best app I found, still testing it tho, is #Streamyfin. #Swiftfin wasn't really up to par I don't think.
None of the "official" clients on mobile are really an option since they're just a wrapper of the web client - which means transcoding is almost a must, and I'd like to avoid that.
Haven't tested the official client on my Android TV yet, so I'm not sure if it's also a wrapper. If it is, then I've to find a third party client, unfortunately Findroid isn't avai on Android TV yet.
edit: Tested the official Android TV client and it seems to be native, since I'm not having the subtitle desync issues and I don't think it's transcoding. Yay! -
@[email protected] I'm loving it so far, but yea def lots of things to figure out and some issues here n there. My findings so far:
On desktop, use the desktop app (well at least on macOS.. hopefully this issue with #Linux/#Flatpak gets fixed soon)
On #Android, the best app I found was #Findroid - works super well and looks amazing.
On iOS, the best app I found, still testing it tho, is #Streamyfin. #Swiftfin wasn't really up to par I don't think.
None of the "official" clients on mobile are really an option since they're just a wrapper of the web client - which means transcoding is almost a must, and I'd like to avoid that.
Haven't tested the official client on my Android TV yet, so I'm not sure if it's also a wrapper. If it is, then I've to find a third party client, unfortunately Findroid isn't avai on Android TV yet.
edit: Tested the official Android TV client and it seems to be native, since I'm not having the subtitle desync issues and I don't think it's transcoding. Yay! -
@[email protected] I'm loving it so far, but yea def lots of things to figure out and some issues here n there. My findings so far:
On desktop, use the desktop app (well at least on macOS.. hopefully this issue with #Linux/#Flatpak gets fixed soon)
On #Android, the best app I found was #Findroid - works super well and looks amazing.
On iOS, the best app I found, still testing it tho, is #Streamyfin. #Swiftfin wasn't really up to par I don't think.
None of the "official" clients on mobile are really an option since they're just a wrapper of the web client - which means transcoding is almost a must, and I'd like to avoid that.
Haven't tested the official client on my Android TV yet, so I'm not sure if it's also a wrapper. If it is, then I've to find a third party client, unfortunately Findroid isn't avai on Android TV yet.
edit: Tested the official Android TV client and it seems to be native, since I'm not having the subtitle desync issues and I don't think it's transcoding. Yay! -
@[email protected] I'm loving it so far, but yea def lots of things to figure out and some issues here n there. My findings so far:
On desktop, use the desktop app (well at least on macOS.. hopefully this issue with #Linux/#Flatpak gets fixed soon)
On #Android, the best app I found was #Findroid - works super well and looks amazing.
On iOS, the best app I found, still testing it tho, is #Streamyfin. #Swiftfin wasn't really up to par I don't think.
None of the "official" clients on mobile are really an option since they're just a wrapper of the web client - which means transcoding is almost a must, and I'd like to avoid that.
Haven't tested the official client on my Android TV yet, so I'm not sure if it's also a wrapper. If it is, then I've to find a third party client, unfortunately Findroid isn't avai on Android TV yet.
edit: Tested the official Android TV client and it seems to be native, since I'm not having the subtitle desync issues and I don't think it's transcoding. Yay! -
@[email protected] I'm loving it so far, but yea def lots of things to figure out and some issues here n there. My findings so far:
On desktop, use the desktop app (well at least on macOS.. hopefully this issue with #Linux/#Flatpak gets fixed soon)
On #Android, the best app I found was #Findroid - works super well and looks amazing.
On iOS, the best app I found, still testing it tho, is #Streamyfin. #Swiftfin wasn't really up to par I don't think.
None of the "official" clients on mobile are really an option since they're just a wrapper of the web client - which means transcoding is almost a must, and I'd like to avoid that.
Haven't tested the official client on my Android TV yet, so I'm not sure if it's also a wrapper. If it is, then I've to find a third party client, unfortunately Findroid isn't avai on Android TV yet.
edit: Tested the official Android TV client and it seems to be native, since I'm not having the subtitle desync issues and I don't think it's transcoding. Yay! -
It seems that the biggest issue for me when it comes to migrating to #Jellyfin on my #homelab, in place of #Plex, is that it's more reliant on transcoding, somehow?
On Plex, I could easily completely disable transcoding as none of my devices - regardless of TV via the app for #Android TV, desktop via their corresponding desktop app, or mobile via #iOS or Android app, etc. ever needed transcoding and all of them does Direct Play for my media just fine.
For Jellyfin, for the same media, it seems to always be transcoding (presumably for technical reasons) on the web UI, Android app, or iOS app (Jellyfin). The desktop app can do direct play perfectly fine, I assume the iOS native app #Swiftfin can too (tho it seems pretty buggy and basic in functionality to be that usable). Direct play seems to also be more important/vital than on Plex since transcoding on Jellyfin somehow consistently desyncs the subtitle after some time watching or scrubbing through the content.
I can accept not being able to watch Jellyfin content on mobile I suppose, and exclusively use the desktop app instead of the browser when on desktop, but I wonder if the TV clients on Android or #Apple TV face the same issue too? Also, there doesn't seem to be a simple option to globally disable transcoding is there? -
@NitP Absolutely not keen on switching now. However, I'll never know if something is better without trying it - I've actually spun Jellyfin up, and uninstalled it, a total of three times, including using the JF client and #SwiftFin on iOS along with Infuse. #Emby once. I constantly run comparisons because I'm just personally driven to use the most optimal "things" in my life - dun matter if we're talking apps, vacuum cleaners, smartwatches, televisions, cars or coffee machines.
You're right in that #Plex asks for online auth. I don't have a problem with that, and I likely will IF it goes away. But it hasn't and I'm not big on crystal-balling. I'm using the core of Plex right now, self-hosting and local streaming 100% with none of the other integrations used.
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Took out the #AppleTV for one last ditch effort to try and force myself to like it. #Netflix app played a 4K movie but then stepped down in quality - like I had lower bandwidth or something. Endtasked it, started again, same deal. Endtasked and this time it played in proper quality. For at least 30 min. Googled the issue and apparently it’s a known and longstanding problem, NF and Apple have some sort of feud going on and NF doesn’t play nicely with Apple’s ATV app. Knew that already.
Next, installed #Emby on my Pc and tried the Emby app. Sort of worked but did not display Dolby Video file. The usual green/purple tint. Ditto #Jellyfin (aka “#SwiftFin” on ATV). #Plex works. Cannot try #Kodi because unavailable on ATV.
I cannot like this thing. Went to #GoogleTV built into my TV. Interface is just as fast. JF plays #DolbyVideo. Weirdly Emby goes into trial mode, it’s supposed to be free but I don’t care because it is not better than JF.
Will sell the ATV. Sad, but it is what it is.
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For iOS I tried #Jellyfin Mobile and #Swiftfin.
The “official” one seems to be just a web-wrapper. It's barely working, on a smartphone and not a pleasant experience. Most of the time it wasn't able to play media, or even get the UI drawn which often takes multiple attempts at reloading to work.
Swiftfin seems a native/API client which is snappy. It's also a minimum viable player at best but promising.
- Jellyfin Mobile https://apps.apple.com/at/app/jellyfin-mobile/id1480192618
- Swiftfin https://apps.apple.com/at/app/swiftfin/id1604098728
