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.
randompasta@lemmy.today 10 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 10 months ago
DRM crap ruins the typical end user experience.
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 10 months ago
You can thank Torvalds for supporting TiVoization.
yonder@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Buddy, we can’t even get phones fully working. Though apparently and Amazon echo can boot linux.
BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world 10 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 10 months ago
Lineage OS supports some TV boxes
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 10 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