Android TV/Fire TV

There is an official Jellyfin app for android based TV sticks and boxes, including FireTV sticks & boxes.

The app supports pretty much all video codecs but is limited to the audio codecs supported by your TV/Receiver. Most titles with exotic audio formats like TrueHD have a backup audio track that should work if your setup doesn’t support them.

When launching the app for the first time, add a new server with this address:

jellyfin.codejank.ca

Android/Fire TV App Issues

Here are some issues I’ve either noticed or been told about:

• AV1 format can’t be played on Google TV (pre-2022 model) and Chromecast sticks.
• Some anime subtitles prevent the video from loading.
• Google casting breaks if you skip ahead in longer movies.
• Older Amazon devices (older than Fire Stick 4k max 2021) can’t play HEVC (H.265) at all. Most new release movies are in this format. maybe fixed
• Audio will sometimes go out of sync in long movies on Fire TV.
• Skipping ahead in some movies will crash ExoPlayer on Fire TV.
• Fire TV sticks can’t play DTS audio found on some Blu Ray rips. In the app settings, enable “down mix to stereo” to fix