Good day! I am trying to find a good alternative as not to use the"smart" functions or using an Xbox to consume our media. I found a few options ie like plasma big screen but it’s no longer in development. Essentially I would line love to have it running on an rpi4 and just hooked up to the TV.

  • Blisterexe@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    1 day ago

    You could install android on something, and run one of the open source TV launchers

      • RobertoMorrison@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        18 hours ago

        I’ve done that and as long as you don’t need one of the mainstream streaming apps, it seemed to work well . Just give it a try. It’s not a lot of work.

        Edit: As far as I remember it, it didn’t have (the needed?) DRM support

        Edit2: Tested on RPi5

        • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          17 hours ago

          I don’t need or want DRM so I can’t comment on that.

          What I can say is that the RPI5 is way overkill. I originally ran Kodi on a RPI4 but it was constantly running hot so I switched to a RPI3 and it is much better.