Hi guys!

I’m looking for a replacement travel dongle to play my Jellyfin movies whenever I’m traveling. My goto device up to this point has been a Chromecast (with GTV I think). But it’s becoming increasingly clear its playback is very unreliable, hanging mid-playback for long periods. I blamed it initially on bandwidth issues over very long distances (the server is on a different continent at the moment!). But playing on the laptop via browser or via the jellyfin media player flatpak works just beautifully. So it clearly seems to be issues with the Chromecast as it’s connected to the same Wifi and TV as the laptop.

So I am thinking…what other devices could I look into as Chromecast replacement? There’s over 3yr old recommendations about a Walmart device (but I don’t live anywhere near the American continent). The other go-to device would be an Nvidia Shield, the canister-looking one. But that still seems a bit hefty for traveling. After all these years, is there any device you’d recommend to use as light-to-bring dongle for traveling?

Thanks!

  • SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    15 days ago

    It’s a little bulkier than a Chromecast but for my TV at home I use a Raspberry Pi 5 with Konstakang’s Android TV LineageOS images installed. It works pretty well and I could see it being fairly portable.

  • red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    15 days ago

    There was an ONN (or Onn.) box for which there are guides on how to root it, which I think is this Walmart box. You might be able to find it from a source in your country.

  • illusionist@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    15 days ago

    Nvidia shield is incredibly old. I’m not saying it’s bad, it’s just that I don’t want to buy an electric device that has been developed “10” years ago and could be replaced next year