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Ok...I have an old chromecast that I use when I travel to connect to my jellyfin server. It's already giving me crap in the home screen for movies and series on platforms I don't even have. What would be a cheap and portable device I could use when I travel so I can hook to any TV?
Thanks!
If it's just Jellyfin, a SBC (like RPi 3B+ or better) running LibreELEC (just enough OS for Kodi) with the Jellycon add-on would do the job.
(There's also the Jellyfin for Kodi add-on which integrates your Jellyfin media into the native Kodi library, but my success with that has been limited.)
Configure LibreELEC to auto-connect to your phone hotspot, then you'll be able to control it using the Jellyfin or Kore app for selecting the media, and the Kore app for more advanced Kodi remote control. In my experience, at least, Kore is better for configuring subs and audiostreams, and for fwd/rev and fine-grained seeking.
Actually, I thought that Jellycon as the solution would make it impossible to select the media to play from the Kore app, but I just noticed that it's actually possible:
In Kore, select "Addons" in the sidebar, tap "Jellycon", then navigate to the "Content" tab, and tap "Jellyfin libraries". This means that you can control it all from Kore! - though, imo, the media overview is a bit prettier in the Jellyfin app, but I think the trade-off is worth it for a more sleek solution. You'll only need the Jellyfin app or webapp for forcing library scannings, editing metadata and such.
Alright, time to stay with Google Chromecast. At least I know they inject me with ads in their apps
Yeah now I'm never buying a roku I think when amazon eventually manages to wreck my cube (which they really seem to be trying to) I'll have to try something like a raspberry pi or maybe a small ryzen card.
I'm really not sure but The one thing I've decided is to take it out of another company's hands.
Are there major limitations of using a computer monitor as a TV if I plug another device into it (eg Apple TV) apart from the screen size?
I feel this would be a good way to go for small cheap TVs at least.
