I watch TV shows when I do cardio in the morning, and it's a minor annoyance to reach for the remote to select the next episode, or skip show intro and credits. Is there a good and reliable way to get that working for all the TV shows that I have ripped FROM DVDs and Blu-ray?
+1 for Jellyfin. I’ve been using this plugin to skip intros & it has been working quite well
You should look at either jellyfin or plex. Jellyfin doesn't quite have the skip intro feature but it's being worked on, and I think plex has the option to skip intros. Both will autoplay a series though.
I believe there's an addon for Kodi for this. Been a while since I used it though.
You could also just remove chapters from the video files during ripping, or by using something like ffmpeg.
Plex allows you to skip intro & skip credits! You can also queue or shuffle episodes.