TLDR: I ended up installing Chora, pictured in the thumbnail, which is open-source and works pretty well on TV (and on mobile). Navigation works with remote, and I was able to connect to my music collection quickly. I moved the music collection to Navidrome, and I have noticed that it generally loads and searches my library faster than Jellyfin. It does not have a continuous play/instant playlist (like for example, Tempus on mobile), but otherwise checks most of the boxes.

Original Post:

I have a great music library on my homelab, but I hardly ever listen to it because I mostly listen to music on my TV.

I occasionally use the Jellyfin app, which is the best player I’ve found for TV, but it is not really built for audio and is cumbersome for searching, on-the-fly playlist, and continuous play.

Other apps I’ve tried are either worse in terms of features, or an absolute labyrinth to navigate with a remote. Most apps are designed for mobile and are somewhat to completely broken on TV, if they run at all.

I don’t mind if the app is not free as long as it works well enough for my family to use it, and it connects to the server. I don’t mind migrating my library to another service to get it working well on the TV.

Has anyone found an actually good Android TV app for hosted music?

  • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    15 days ago

    I’d be interested in hearing about your lyrion setup. I haven’t really tried it but it looks like that could open a whole software ecosystem. Do you use a phone app to select/skip/cue tracks?

    It doesn’t necessarily have to be controlled by the TV remote, but it does need to be controlled away from the server.