when my wife does this to me, i say “yes” and do what i was asking.

#NotAVampire

as an american, i fucking hate US immigration. you dont need to mansplain what “having something in my bag” means or what a “plant” is.

i checked the box for “no”; gtfoutta here

microsoft java :p

the fact that these are strings instead of an object that is broken up by country code, area code, and number makes me irrationally angry.

okay, i went at it for a few hours and got the ux to something minimally acceptable to me; however, the wife disagrees. the same pain points for me are hers, as well.

i am not sure if this can be modified, but if so then i havent figured out how to resolve it. i have tried out a few skins, but i have changed to arctic zephyr to make sure the language i am using translates correctly.

the biggest issue we currently have with UX is selecting a show/movie to watch. the multi-step process just to get into a poster list is something i am looking to curtail. the following examples are how i can browse movies by genre to select/play a movie

on android TV’s jellyfin app:

1. open jellyfin app
2. select movies
3. all movies are listed here as posters, select browse by genre
4. movies are shown as posters in paginated rows to select under each genre and can be selected to play

on Kodi jellycon app:

1. select videos
2. select video addons
3. select jellycon app
4. select jellyfin libraries
5. select movies folder
6. select genres (no posters yet, and i dont even use 4-5 of these subfolders)
7. choose a genre.
8. select a movie

i believe i can reduce the steps count by 1 or two on kodi by booting to the videos or videos>addons menu, but in the current steps there is selectable content in androidtv>jellyfin app on step 2. in kodi>jellycon, selectable content doesnt appear until step 8.

the steps to get here are still wife-unacceptable. it feels too much like using a computer to her instead of sitting down to consume passive media. do you know if there is a way to change this to be a bit more similar to jellyfin/netflix/prime/d+/p+/hulu/max/curiosity stream/every other major streaming platform by lowering the barrier steps to selectable content?

i use Carrion (f-droid); however it may not be what you are looking for.

in carrion, numbers fall into 3 categories:

• known good
• known bad
• unknown

carrion can silence the ringer, not show the call and silence the ringer, or allow the call as normal based on settings for each category.

we already tried this move - it doesnt work.

love, america

whoa - this looks amazing!

i am definitely still in the working phase of wanting something, so i will be checking this out again within the week. thank you!

kodi is really good for local media, but none of my media is local. instead of using the smartTV-style jellyfin UI, jellyfin indexes the media from the server and throws up a text-only list of media in a folder structure. if i rip another movie, it needs to be indexed.

though it is pulling the index and functioning as expected, it makes the experience feel like browsing in dolphin for spreadsheets instead of getting ready for movie night.

the experience was bad enough where i just plugged the old streaming stick back in and hid my failur. i didnt tell the wife about my experience (she hates the streaming stick and wanted an OSS option). i said i would deliver one, so she thinks i just haven’t done it yet. :(

the creation of a non-kodi htpc/media center alternative that works like a smart TV OS and works on a raspberry pi would get me to change my streaming device.

i stream jellyfin from a home server, and jellyfin on kodi is painful to use :(

an OS that can be controlled with tv-controller buttons and has an interface similar to any of the other players in this space would make me throw away my nvidia shield tv in a heartbeat

its not terrible, it just sucks that its not automatic. i am not on windows and dont want to be treated like i am.

i see local bands once or twice a year; however my wife goes more often, about every other month. i dont go to big shows. i always buy at least one thing.

i have a decent job, so i need to share the love even if i dont want anything.