Findroid is third-party Android application for Jellyfin that provides a native user interface to browse and play movies and series.

https://github.com/jarnedemeulemeester/findroid

This version includes support for Jellyfin 10.9 and other changes

  • rhymepurple@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Just to clarify - this is just an update that (I believe) is only available on IzzyOnDroid’s F-Droid Repo, which previously had prior Findroid versions available. This new v0.15.0 is not available on the main F-Droid Repo.

    Is anyone only able to download the 32-bit version of this app via F-Droid? It looks like a 64-bit version has been made available starting with v0.3.0 and is also available on this new version.

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      5 months ago

      That might be my bad, I saw an update notification and it may have been Droid-ify.

      I’ll update the title just in case

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    It’s a really nice app, I like the fact that it uses mpv, but you cannot pick the stream quality in this app? I always avoid re-encoding (picking different stream quality from jellyfin) but I noticed that it’s missing in Findroid.

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      5 months ago

      This is because it doesnt support transcoding. It does direct streams only.

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        Yeah, and I am questioning, why is that the case. Because client apps are not doing the transcoding, server is.

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          The client sets up its transcoding profile (like what it supports for direct play, etc for auto transcoding) or the client has to specifically request a different quality. Findroid has had PRs for the second one and I did one of them updating based off the older PRs.

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      Not sure if it made it into this release or not, but transitioning support is in the bleeding version, so this won’t be the case for long

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      5 months ago

      Its way nicer. And I especially love the built in Download Manager. In the official App you just download files and have to play them yourself.

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        And keeps the playback time updated on local files. It also manages surround downmix better than the internal app.

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      It is a good question, I had the same when I first heard about it.

      I think lots of people keep both installed:

      • the default one is good for managing server related things
      • this one is good for daily use, especially for any other users you might have

      What I liked:

      • feels much faster and smoother
      • UI is nice and clean
      • download manager works nicely, as another user mentioned. You don’t need to open a separate app to play the files
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        5 months ago

        That’s exactly my usecase. I was on a travel and used the offline-mode. Really easy to stay on progress without network.

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    why can I not install it?

    first time i just get the share button on droid-ify

    /e: installig directly from github was no issue

    • rhymepurple@lemmy.ml
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      I think there may be an issue where F-Droid is not properly recognizing the 64-bit version of Findroid. Maybe Droid-ify and/or the version of Android you are using won’t allow 32-bit apps to be installed.