

Relax, it is in fact just a media streaming application. It is an application that streams media. It does nothing else.


Relax, it is in fact just a media streaming application. It is an application that streams media. It does nothing else.


It’s a server application that just streams your media. You’d still need some kind of device to install the client on.


Jellyfin is just a media streaming application


People have been trying to do that for a long, long time, with various levels of success. There are a dozen options out there to try, but the scope of that kind of project huge compared to a simple streaming appliance OS.


One of the things on my FOSS wishlist is an open source alternative to Roku/GoogleOS/Apple TVos, etc. there are lots of FOSS apps on these various platforms, but those apps almost always have varying levels of quality and availability across them.
Right now the closest you can really get is media center PC, but what I really need is something relatively plug and play I can send to family members, preconfigured.
Ngl this raised my blood pressure a few points