Submitted 9 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/broken-linux-laptop-makes-for-a-fine-smart-tv-alternative/
DIYer picks a “little insane”-looking setup for less tracking, more control.
hum, why go the whole custom interface way when he could use kodi? I have a dumb HD (not gull HD, just HD, that’s how old it is) connected to a rPi with Kodi. Kodi has the jellyfin plugin to connect to my jellyfin server. I even had the DVB-T adapter so I can watch regular TV. When I’ll eventually buy a new TV I’ll just connect the rPi to the new one.
Yeeeeah, I was gonna say. There are easier, nicer looking ways to drive your media consumption through a computing device on a TV. Hell, there are very nice vertical mounts for laptops that look good as a showpiece, no need to strap the thing to the back of the TV.
But hey, it's a kid doing a hobby project. It's a fun thing to do. I support it.
I’ve tried this myself, but I’ve found that you really need to commit to mainataining your own media library, or to using pirate streaming services.
None of the big name legal streaming services work well through Kodi plugins due to the DRM on the content. Usually end up with stuff limited to 720p, stereo, no hdr.
I really wish the streaming companies would chill so it was easy to get a single unified interface for all my content in the highest quality available, but no, someone might pirate it in a marginally easier way then they already can!
Yeah, that’s true, but I’ve been a sailor of the high seas for as long as I’ve had an internet connection. And all the *arr stack makes life really easy now. I do pay for the subscriptions, I just don’t use them.
I like Android TV (Lineage OS) better
Isn’t rPi underpowered for anything media? Last one I tried to run even struggled just opening a browser, much less a video. rPi3 or something…
I use an rPi3 and h264 is decoded without problems natively. For h265 files I have an old nvidia card on the jellyfin server that does hardware transcode on the fly.
Rooted LG oleds are tolerable with pi-hole, and have a 92.7% WAF.
Is resolution capped? Netflix had prevented high bitrate 4k on desktop previously. In fact I think it was capped to 720.
Is the resolution capped for desktop mode?
Welp…I know what I’m doing tonight.
I’ve got a similar setup except I have a dock under my TV that I connect my steamdeck to and a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse that sits under the coffee table. Using sway would be way nicer and allow me to browse with keyboard. Fuck smart TVs they are actual garbage.
Hm. I install emby on my “smart”-tv and done. No ads ever, no nothing. Just everything i ever want to see. Type a name, wait a minute, watch.
All my Android TV devices boot into the Android TV home screen which does have ads. How do you avoid this?
Maybe a regional thing? They do the maximum they’re allowed by law.
Also i use another launcher to replace the google one. Also i have a google-tv not android-tv. Though it wasn’t different on my shield or other tvs.
Also i use pihole. So even if there might’ve been an ad someplace, i wouldn’t have seen it anyway 😁
If there was one single ad anywhere i would return this shit and indeed built my own. With blackjack and hookers. And linux.
randompasta@lemmy.today 9 months ago
I’d love to see Linux folks figure out easy ways for consumers to replace the on board OS’s for any TV out there. Can that be done?
aksdb@lemmy.world 9 months ago
DRM crap ruins the typical end user experience.
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 9 months ago
You can thank Torvalds for supporting TiVoization.
yonder@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Buddy, we can’t even get phones fully working. Though apparently and Amazon echo can boot linux.
BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The issue usually is proprietary streaming services, not a lot of interest from them on Linux/etc support and the unofficial options are usually kind of janky. That does make total sense but also kills it’s chances of getting wide support / adoption which limits the growth of the projects.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
Lineage OS supports some TV boxes
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
It usually uses strong cryptographic verification with very specific proprietary firmware.
In short very hard. It is easier to get a separate device