I Turned a DirecTV HR54-700 into a Standalone Jellyfin Box
Summary
A DIY project repurposes a DIRECTV HR54-700 Genie DVR into a standalone Jellyfin client. It covers hardware specs, boot persistence via a plugin wrapper, a lightweight Jellyfin backend, and a TV UI that runs on the device, delivering Jellyfin playback without a helper PC. It also touches on security considerations around root access and image verification.