I have a TCL tv with (with google smart TV software) and have been ingesting TV shows, games, and movies primarily from an xbox using various paid streaming apps for like 15 years. As streaming costs go up I’ve wanted to set up a media server compatible with playing stuff from the xbox and have had some friends suggest Plex so that we could potentially share media. People here seem partial to Jellyfin but the internet seems to feel it doesn’t work smoothly with xbox (buggy app/integration). Any suggestions for the most elegant setup possible for hosting a home server for streaming TV shows and movies from xbox?
I dont think you can selfhost media server on xbox, but both jellyfin and plex are amazing. If you want to run media server you should have x86 or arm based PC. Old laptop or desktop PC or SBC like raspberry pi is great starting hardware if you have one laying around. If you want to buy hardware lot of people recommend used SFFPC like intel nuc or lenovo thin client. You can run both plex and jellyfin server at the same time, they are quite lightweight and easy to install. If you want to share media with a friend plex is better option afaik, but I dont need that and like jellyfin more.
For a player, if there is no jellyfin for xbox, just use plex. Android tv supports both
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I dont think you can selfhost media server on xbox, but both jellyfin and plex are amazing. If you want to run media server you should have x86 or arm based PC. Old laptop or desktop PC or SBC like raspberry pi is great starting hardware if you have one laying around. If you want to buy hardware lot of people recommend used SFFPC like intel nuc or lenovo thin client. You can run both plex and jellyfin server at the same time, they are quite lightweight and easy to install. If you want to share media with a friend plex is better option afaik, but I dont need that and like jellyfin more.
For a player, if there is no jellyfin for xbox, just use plex. Android tv supports both