DIYer picks a “little insane”-looking setup for less tracking, more control.

  • Im_old@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    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.

    • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 months ago

      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!

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        5 months ago

        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.

    • MudMan@fedia.io
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      5 months ago

      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.

      • Im_old@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        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.