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if you install it and do not add plugins or mods or download them manually or with another tool, there is no way to pull subtitles.
You also need to sideload the app because it's not available in app stores.
That's the blockers for me... though the plugin for subtitles that now exists I have yet to try, and it may make it doable.
I have Bazarr as part of my ARR stack that pulls in subtitles for me so they show up no matter what I'm using to access the library, works like a champ!
Which app stores (plural?) does not have jellyfin apps?
PS5, Fire TV Cube, Samsung TVs are what i'd use it on. Those app stores.
I know android/ios has it nowadays, but manufacturers generally don't want to offer apps that do not drive referrals or some kind of revenue sharing with competing services.
These should help.
I can find github links to 3rd party clients dude to sideload. I know all about it.
What I don't want to do is support my extended friends and family who can figure out how to log into a plex tv app. I do enough tech support for money to not want to do it for free.
The amazon appstore one has limited support and it really depends on the device... and often many aspects do not work as expected, like you can't just play dolby vision files without forcing it to transcode on some hardware. I understand some of this is hardware limitations of various fire tv hardware, but again, don't want to figure that shit out.
Plus I would need to walk people through entering the network information, there's no web portal that will let people in just by logging into a single plain as day website last I checked. Sure, I could pay for a no-ip sub or something or actually start paying for a domain but all of this stuff is even more work, when my existing setup just works and has none of these problems and has yet to intrude on usability for what I already have. When it gets worse i'll obviously switch.
Sideload in which appstore? Jellyfin requires adding functionality through plugins, instead of pre-bundling. Definitely something where more documentation and guidance would go a long way in helping us feel more confident in both using, and switching, to it.
They should just be included.
Jellyfin has a builtin subtitle search and download tool I'm pretty sure. I know I've done it right from jellyfin, and I don't think I've installed any plugin for that...
oh, you didn't have to create an opensubtitles account and set it up on your server with the plugin? Someone told me about this like a day ago. Kinda weird this would even exist if there is robust subtitle support natively now. https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/plugins/open-subtitles/
A year ago I was unable to source subtitles unless I provided them.
My wife is an immigrant and some of her family doesn't speak any English really, so subtitle support is of utmost importance for our household. Not just English subtitles either.