Selfhosting an *arr stack with Plex/Jellyfin is the way.
There’s also Tdarr for automatic transcoding of videos right after they get downloaded, haven’t tried it yet so can’t comment.
Did you try to install ffmpeg and run: „ffmpeg -i someFile.fileextension -c:a libmp3lame -c:v libx264 -f mp4 outFile.mp4“ to repair the file. Then you should be able to play it on every device. On windows you can install ffmpeg with winget and on linux for example with apt or on macos with brew.
I trying to think which devices can’t run VLC and all I’ve come up with are a pager and a Blackberry. Does anyone have any idea what he’s talking about?
Are you tying to watch movies on a smart Fridge? VLC runs on everything. Linux, Mac, Windows, Android, IOS and even Windows Phone had a running version!
If it doesn’t run directly on your “smart” TV just hook it to a device that does run it, its just a monitor if you use a HDMI cable.
Running VLV on Chromecast with Google TV sometimes gives you issues with audio codecs if you want audio output through Bluetooth. Not sure whether this is OP’s problem but it happens.
MPV deserves its own community. It’s the only player on windows that can handle DV content. Though the default offering is very minimal and difficult to use. There are some awesome gui projects though
At least on android TV, the latest release candidate for Kodi also finally properly supports DV. So I would expect the same thing to be the case for the windows version
Windows and DV have a very tumultuous relationship. Actually Windows has terrible relationships with lots of proprietary codecs like dv, atmos, dts:x. So I would not be surprised at all if it still wasn’t supported on kodi on windows. I dislike Kodi enough that I won’t try, since MPV serves my purposes perfectly fine if I’m watching from my windows machine. For everything else I have appletx/roku that support DV
Yeah the UX leaves a lot to be desired, especially when there are alternatives - I really like Plex better, and am patiently waiting for Jellyfin to become more useable haha. But if I’m not at my computer, I’m using Plex which supports DV through my streaming devices, and if I am at my computer, I’ll just use MPV. But then again, that’s only for items that don’t have the hdr10 fallback. So it is honestly pretty rare.
Interesting. I on the other hand find the plex interface quite ugly - beside the fact that it’s not foss. Kodi has the advantage of skin support, I am using it with the embuary skin and it looks nice and does everything I want it to. I have also been using Jellyfin for the last 2 years or so, why do you say it needs to be more useable?
Well the app for apple tv doesn’t even let you turn subtitles on or off. It’s honestly totally useless so I don’t use it. I like that it’s FOSS but you can’t change any playback options. Kodi also isn’t available on apple tv unless you do some hacky shit which I’m not that interested in doing since plex is working fine. I would love nothing more than to ditch plex for jellyfin. But I’ll wait until it’s a little more fully baked
mpv can render video everywhere, even inside a fucking text terminal! Use --vo=tct argument to render the video into text art. Heck, if you’re using Xorg it can even render into another app window!
I love this player, wish it was more popular. They should make the installation a bit simpler on Windows, it’s a bit weird compared to most programs people download
And even if you can’t install it on a locked-down device, there’s a portable version, too. Install on any removable media (from another machine, to be fair) and it will run from USB without installation.
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Which device doesn’t run VLC?
My car stereo can run VLC… I don’t know what OP is getting at
I have one of those ornate Victrola turntables. It runs VLC.
I have a player piano. It runs VLC.
My OG Game Boy? Runs VLC.
Is currently running VLC.
Selfhosting an *arr stack with Plex/Jellyfin is the way.
There’s also Tdarr for automatic transcoding of videos right after they get downloaded, haven’t tried it yet so can’t comment.
Took me years to finally get around to it and it’s phenomenal.
I just did it today! Not done with it, but seems nice so far
With radarr, it’s been exciting turning on my TV and seeing a movie I added months ago has released.
Same with TV episodes, I get to experience my Plex library in a similar way to the rest of my users.
What devices can’t run VLC? thought it was one of those things that even run on a toaster
Some operating systems are restrictive about what APIs they give to applications.
VLC on xbox is so horrible, it doesn’t deserve the VLC name, for an example.
Did you try to install ffmpeg and run: „ffmpeg -i someFile.fileextension -c:a libmp3lame -c:v libx264 -f mp4 outFile.mp4“ to repair the file. Then you should be able to play it on every device. On windows you can install ffmpeg with winget and on linux for example with apt or on macos with brew.
I hope this is sarcasm.
Codec inconsistency? Try resolution inconsistency. I keep finding some that have a weird mixture of 720p and 1080p resolutions. Drives me insane.
I’d look into buying a cheap Firesticks you can jailbreak if nothing else.
You can’t run vlc? What kind of devices do you have?
Lol ikr.
A VCR and 26" CRT, why?
This is the way.
Could be a barebones TV with a usb port? Some do have media players
I trying to think which devices can’t run VLC and all I’ve come up with are a pager and a Blackberry. Does anyone have any idea what he’s talking about?
presumably a toaster from the potato age
Nintendo 3DS
Are you tying to watch movies on a smart Fridge? VLC runs on everything. Linux, Mac, Windows, Android, IOS and even Windows Phone had a running version!
If it doesn’t run directly on your “smart” TV just hook it to a device that does run it, its just a monitor if you use a HDMI cable.
Stupid fridge 😠
I legitimately wouldn’t be surprised if someone has ported VLC to smart refrigerators.
Some smart fridges run android right? VLC has an android apk
IIRC smart fridges usually use some fork of Android, it’s probably doable on some smart fridges very easily
Downloading now… I can’t wait to watch Avatar 2 on my GE ColdBox 3000!
Could be a tv with a usb port and bare bones media player, pretty sure in that case you could download with vlc and then convert them before transfer
Running VLV on Chromecast with Google TV sometimes gives you issues with audio codecs if you want audio output through Bluetooth. Not sure whether this is OP’s problem but it happens.
Interesting
Use Stremio in a computer then connect it to your device.
Try mpv then ;-)
MPV deserves its own community. It’s the only player on windows that can handle DV content. Though the default offering is very minimal and difficult to use. There are some awesome gui projects though
At least on android TV, the latest release candidate for Kodi also finally properly supports DV. So I would expect the same thing to be the case for the windows version
Windows and DV have a very tumultuous relationship. Actually Windows has terrible relationships with lots of proprietary codecs like dv, atmos, dts:x. So I would not be surprised at all if it still wasn’t supported on kodi on windows. I dislike Kodi enough that I won’t try, since MPV serves my purposes perfectly fine if I’m watching from my windows machine. For everything else I have appletx/roku that support DV
I’m curious, what do you dislike about Kodi? Is it just that you want a light player to use with mouse and keyboard while sitting at your desk?
Yeah the UX leaves a lot to be desired, especially when there are alternatives - I really like Plex better, and am patiently waiting for Jellyfin to become more useable haha. But if I’m not at my computer, I’m using Plex which supports DV through my streaming devices, and if I am at my computer, I’ll just use MPV. But then again, that’s only for items that don’t have the hdr10 fallback. So it is honestly pretty rare.
Interesting. I on the other hand find the plex interface quite ugly - beside the fact that it’s not foss. Kodi has the advantage of skin support, I am using it with the embuary skin and it looks nice and does everything I want it to. I have also been using Jellyfin for the last 2 years or so, why do you say it needs to be more useable?
Well the app for apple tv doesn’t even let you turn subtitles on or off. It’s honestly totally useless so I don’t use it. I like that it’s FOSS but you can’t change any playback options. Kodi also isn’t available on apple tv unless you do some hacky shit which I’m not that interested in doing since plex is working fine. I would love nothing more than to ditch plex for jellyfin. But I’ll wait until it’s a little more fully baked
mpv can render video everywhere, even inside a fucking text terminal! Use
--vo=tctargument to render the video into text art. Heck, if you’re using Xorg it can even render into another app window!https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/DOCS/man/vo.rst
I love this player, wish it was more popular. They should make the installation a bit simpler on Windows, it’s a bit weird compared to most programs people download
(which is far superior to vlc in graphical fidelity out-of-the-box)
Is it because it’s a work device ? Because except if you’re not the admin of your machine, VLC will run on any potato.
And even if you can’t install it on a locked-down device, there’s a portable version, too. Install on any removable media (from another machine, to be fair) and it will run from USB without installation.
So should I run it directly on the potato or run the portable version from a thumb drive inserted into the potato?
the fact bros pirates on work device says alot
Are you running on a work device? The USB method is only really for work devices, otherwise get vlc