I stream from Jellyfin to an Apple TV without your issues. It might be a network or configuration problem.
Have you tried Infuse, SenPlayer or other clients?
I use Emby. It’s similar to Jellyfin, but the Apps get a little more attention to detail. Worth a try, and if you don’t need gpu transcoding you don’t need to pay.
But, if I was still using an Apple TV, I would use Infuse.
The jellyfin problem is probably it downmixing surround 7.1 really shittily. You can run tdarr to downmix surround into stereo before you watch. Kind of a pain but it's the only workaroumd I've got for the shit audio
I'm not getting sync issues at all, the jellyfin client on appleTV simply doesn't select the audio track I select when I choose something different than default. It works perfectly fine on all other devices, just not appleTV. I only have stereo devices.
What did I write in my OP to suggest audio sync issues? You're not the first to think that's my issue, so I must have worded something poorly...
I enabled the DLNA server in Jellyfin. And that works okay with my LG webOS TV. But it's down to the quirks of the TV which also likes to enable subtitles and the default audio track.
Plex, unfortunately, is the best answer for this right now. Easiest to set up and maintain, the client apps are fine, you may have to fiddle with the Apple TV to be pain free though.
I have a few raspberry pi’s with kodi running and linked to my media served over nfs, which works well, just not as polished and fast as plex.
Personally, as soon as the Apple TV client gets fixed for Jellyfin, will probably drop plex altogether. The iOS app is stellar so not sure why it hasn’t been ported yet. I also have an easier time with my media playback with Jellyfin over plex, and you don’t need to pay for good hardware transcoding, it’s just the ui is so god awful!
How are these devices connected to the network and how is your media server connected?
Server is wired, devices use WiFi
Which type of Wi-Fi and what type of wired connection?
I suspect that there's not enough bandwidth available.
Dual and 2.4 and 5ghz wifi, gigabit wired. I'm speed testing the googleTV to >500mbps, so wifi should be more than adequate.
That seems adequate.
You say that phones and mobile devices stream fine. Os that from your media server, or the internet?
How does internet streaming work on the Google TV and Apple TV?
Essentially you need to keep eliminating causes until there's one left.
All other devices stream (locally) just fine without stuttering, I don't have access to the server outside my home network (intentionally).
The appleTV streams just fine, I just can't change audio track on that, which mostly impact the kids because they still have limited English skills.
With WebOS app, I've noticed sometimes when watching TV shows, if I select one audio track, it will
To remedy it, I have to switch from the current selected audio track and back ¯_(ツ)_/¯
As far as possible solutions to bad app behavior on your device - get a separate TV device (roku, etc) or some pc or SBC run a jellyfin app on it. You'd want to research first to see if you could use your existing remote somehow (e.g. maybe an IR receiver)
I use the Kodi app on my smart tv to watch movies and shows shared from my server via SMB, never had any problems, aside from green tint on some HDR encodings. My TV's wired tho.
I've used a bunch of different solutions over the years, but currently I just run Gerbera and it streams my local library to my TVs because of the sheer ease. It's not perfect, fast forward and rewind can be iffy to get working with some configurations, but otherwise it has been a smooth experience.
It has to be user friendly enough for a literal 5yo though
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