Jellyfin is a genuine revelation for me. I have a couple of Roku’s that fit my needs, for my bedroom and living room, but are becoming increasingly annoying mostly due to my loathing of advertisements, which I cannot due anything about.

I was looking into home theater computers, and they are way too expensive. The combination of small, powerful, and output to 4k without blowing up in noise makes them pricier than other solutions. I think I need to research this a lot more.

Anyways, while looking for a way to cast video from newpipe to Roku (dead end) I saw Jellyfin and installed on a whim. I installed the server on my main desktop, moved some videos into the media folder, and after figuring out my IP I got watching The Repair Shop on the bigscreen.

I am in love. I got a couple of old computers I meant to turn into servers, and I cannot wait to start crafting my media center. It works so well.