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  • CyclohexaneOPM
    6•1 year ago

    I’ve only had this problem playing the video on TV directly. Like smart TV. Can I put VLC on there?

    I use jellyfin to do transcoding, but very occasionally it exhibits issues still.

    • DreamButtEnglish
      10•1 year ago

      Something I don’t see a lot of people do but totally should is get a really long HDMI cable and snake it around the room. You can then hook up a laptop or hell even your desktop directly to the TV. Think my cable is around 20 feet and I got it off Amazon for dirt cheap. Works wonders when I want to watch something on Plex (a lot of smart TV’s have trouble with Plex)

      • @jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3•1 year ago

        I took a little ASROCK DeskMini and put a 5700G in it to serve as a media and light gaming station. My family uses it more than I do now.

        You could easily do this with a pi 5 or pi variant for cheap.

      • @olutukko@lemmy.world
        2•1 year ago

        This! 10meter hdmi cable came in really handy in my last apartment for connecting pc to tv while having the cable completely hidden all thr time. Now I would need like 20m cable and I would have to drill it trough walls. Just laptop and chromecast now. It’s a bit sad that I cant just open any game on my tv without carrying the pc from another room