Built custom Android TV player with Claude Code: 2x faster
SweetKarmaz · reddit · 2026-08-26
Dissatisfied with Plex/Jellyfin official apps on Android TV, the author used Claude Code to build a custom media player.
Workflow:
- Provided IPs and enabled dev mode on Shield Pro and two Fire TV devices.
- Claude determined actual device capabilities via tests, not just specs.
- Targeted development over 100 iterations yielded a single适配包.
Results:
- Playback speed is 2x faster than official apps.
- Intelligently chooses "direct play" or "transcode" based on device capabilities.
- Provides detailed explanations for transcoding decisions.
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