I loaded my entire Plex movie library in to Jellyfin and at first everything was going great. Realized pretty quickly some files won’t play on my Apple TV. I tried multiple Jellyfin apps for ATV but I imagine the issue is the transcoding on the backend.

I understand mixing open source software like Jellyfin with closed source Apple products is a weird combo. But I’m not willing to ditch my Apple TV right now.

I confirmed the video files that weren’t playing via Jellyfin played no problem via Plex. Plex continues to make decisions that make me want to switch to Jellyfin, but it also seems Plex’s transcoding is better. Am I doing something obviously wrong?

Edit: Looks like Raspberry Pi 5 doesn't pay nice with Jellyfin when it comes to hardware acceleration :(
https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/post-install/transcoding/hardware-acceleration/#raspberry-pi-hardware-acceleration-support-deprecation

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (4 children)

In my honest opinion it's not worth trying to get Jellyfin working if you plan to use an Apple TV as the client. The only client that is halfway decent for Apple TV is Swiftfin and it's nowhere near as polished as Plex. The watched/unwatched indicators also don't work currently (at least for me), which is a dealbreaker imo.

I'm running Plex and Jellyfin side by side. The only thing I'd use Jellyfin for is remote streaming. It's a shame, because I really want to switch to Jellyfin, but it's just not working for me because Apple TV support is so bad.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Disagree. Jellyfin and ATV could definitely be better, but for the most part it works for me without issue.

Try using the Infuse app instead of Swiftfin. Again, not perfect but it’s the best client I’ve found.

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