Infuse
Video player app for Apple devices that streams from NAS shares, Plex and Jellyfin.
Loved as an Apple TV player for Jellyfin, Plex and NAS libraries1234 that direct-plays nearly any file without buffering or transcoding.567 Complaints are few and varied, including no search by tags or descriptions8, slow lists on large collections9 and trouble playing DTS audio.10
Why people recommend it
Apple TV experience · 3
Commenters single it out as the best way to watch their media on Apple TV.
“The Apple TV experience of Infuse is night and day with Plex.”
“I use Infuse on the Apple TV and it’s great.”
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“Infuse is a better Plex app than Plex is; and it supports Jellyfin and a bunch of other data sources.”
Many media sources · 3
Works with Jellyfin, Plex, SMB shares and other sources, so users can keep their existing server.
“Infuse is terrific software, and supports jellyfin and smb.”
“Infuse is a better Plex app than Plex is; and it supports Jellyfin and a bunch of other data sources.”
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“I moved to Infuse, a paid third-app, which I use to stream my Plex media content.”
Direct playback · 3
Plays files directly with broad codec and Dolby support, avoiding buffering and transcoding.
“It's a such an amazing app and it plays everything I throw at it without any buffering or transcoding issues.”
“I moved to Infuse, a paid third-app, which I use to stream my Plex media content.”
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“Infuse is terrific software, and supports jellyfin and smb.”
Better than Plex · 3
Former Plex users say it plays their libraries more reliably than the official Plex app.
“The Apple TV experience of Infuse is night and day with Plex.”
“Infuse is a better Plex app than Plex is; and it supports Jellyfin and a bunch of other data sources.”
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“I moved to Infuse, a paid third-app, which I use to stream my Plex media content.”
Worth paying for · 2
Users say the Pro subscription or lifetime license is worth the money.
“The Apple TV experience of Infuse is night and day with Plex.”
“I use Infuse on the Apple TV and it’s great.”
Caveats and dissent
Limited search · 1
It cannot search by tags or by words in movie descriptions.
“I really like Infuse, I use it with Jellyfin to stream to my Apple TV.”
Large-list performance · 1
Scrolling lists of large collections is slow.
“I moved to infuse instead as my ios client and its been good overall.”
DTS playback · 1
One user sometimes has to re-encode movies because it cannot play their DTS audio.
“issues where infuse can’t play DTS so I need to reencode”
Paid, closed source · 3
It is neither free of charge nor open source, and Pro features need a subscription or license.
“AppleTV with Infuse (note that Infuse is neither free as in "beer" nor "speech") is what I use now for Jellyfin and video content.”
“The Apple TV experience of Infuse is night and day with Plex.”
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“I use Infuse on the Apple TV and it’s great.”
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Jellyfin founder Andrew leaves team 5 mentions
- Jellyfin 12.0 4 mentions
- Fox to Buy Roku Streaming Service in $22B Deal 2 mentions
- Apple Music 404 Not Found 1 mention
- The Corporate Creep of Plex: Why it may be time to move to Jellyfin 1 mention
- Plex's 200% Lifetime Pass price hike tries forcing users to another subscription 1 mention
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All comments 14
“But I use it in Infuse, which is a third-party app that supports it”
“It's a such an amazing app and it plays everything I throw at it without any buffering or transcoding issues.”
“The Apple TV experience of Infuse is night and day with Plex.”
“I use it on the AppleTV and across the rest of my devices! Works like a charm”
“issues where infuse can’t play DTS so I need to reencode”
“I use jellyfin with Infuse, Kodi, mpv-shim”
“I used Swiftfin, switched to Infuse”
“I really like Infuse, I use it with Jellyfin to stream to my Apple TV.”
“I use Infuse on the Apple TV and it’s great.”
“Infuse is terrific software, and supports jellyfin and smb.”
“I moved to infuse instead as my ios client and its been good overall.”
“AppleTV with Infuse (note that Infuse is neither free as in "beer" nor "speech") is what I use now for Jellyfin and video content.”
“Infuse is a better Plex app than Plex is; and it supports Jellyfin and a bunch of other data sources.”
“I moved to Infuse, a paid third-app, which I use to stream my Plex media content.”