I have been using kodi but it just so limited and clunky. Android TV is better but that is a major challenge since Android TV is very tied to Google with not much existing outside of Google.
What I am looking for is a device that can work with mostly Jellyfin. I don’t use any streaming services. It would need to work flawlessly with a remote and I am looking for something that maintains itself mostly.
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Jellyfin + Apple TV + Infuse = Bliss
Apple TV only works on Apple hardware and isn’t great for privacy or freedom. No thanks.
The “Apple TV” is Apple hardware.
Exactly. It is locked down and does not respect your freedom
What can you do on your android tv that you can do on an Apple TV?
Install F-droid and not be locked into Apples ecosystem. Also there are privacy issues as well as it connects to Apples servers
Does fdroid even work on android tv?
At least on FireTV most apps work. (Not played around with AndroidTV yet)
Often they just don’t work with a remote, but you are always free to connect bluetooth/USB keyboards, mouse etc.
The official/standard app doesn’t work (well) with remotes, but F-Droid Classic works fine, though not 100% either (when an app is selected focus is not on anything visible, reading description and antifeatures doesn’t work), but installing, uninstalling, updating, filter and search work just fine.
There is also at least one list with apps that (kinda) work on AndroidTV
Though the only app I really use is Xtra, which doesn’t work with remotes. I also use KDE Connect, but I don’t remember how well it worked remotes, but once it’s running it doesn’t need any further interaction and you can send files and paste from a PC/laptop etc.
Some apps explicitly support TVs, like: Kodi, NOVA , Moonlight, BiglyBT, Shadowsocks for Android TV, Jellyfin for Android TV …
I use an amazon fire tv 4k, I only use it to start jellyfin. It’s perfect.
If you don’t want it to phone home, put it behind a firewall, and block all but your domains
I can’t recommend it for such a use case. There is no way to automatically start it unless somebody found a new workaround since the last time I tried it. (I hijacked the home button via a accessibility until they removed that possibility) Though it depends on your use case. It’s probably okay if you always have internet and never have the situation where you are offline and want to watch material from a USB stick or something like that or stream it from another home server. In that case fire TV would lock you out and tell you to fix your internet, but only settings are available and all apps are hidden.
I didn’t check for internet connectivity and I’m always onine. I just don’t care that it phones home whenever I start the device.
What’s the best alternative? I’d move if there was one
I was wrong. It works now, there is a button to get to appstore, and it’s always possible to get to apps by long pressing the home button.
Thanks! That’s important to know!!
