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Smart TV OS Alternative (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by Goombalover3000@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] femtech@midwest.social 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I have been meaning to give this a try. https://osmc.tv/store/

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Not OP but it looks good. I wanted an alternative to my Apple TV to watch movies from the NAS and it seems to do the trick for a slightly lower price.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 4 points 2 years ago

I have the previous model. It does a great job of playing videos from my server in the other room. It technically can do YouTube, but that's a pretty horrible experience. It can't do any other paid streaming services.

But it does do an amazing job of local streaming. It handles most all of the audio and video codecs, and can direct stream just about any video file without too much playing around. I like mine, and definitely recommend it for anyone who also wants a trustworthy local media player.

[–] femtech@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I have a mini pc that I use when I travel as most places have issues with Plex unless you use a VPN. But it's just Ubuntu desktop. I want to try this out and see if I would recommend it to less than techno wizard friends as I don't want to be their IT support at all hours.

[–] keyez@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Found my way to that from other mentions of OSMC and gonna order one of those in the coming weeks. Been looking for an alternative to my Roku Ultra for a while.

Edit: searching more I see Vero V forum posts from this year about things like Netflix and Amazon limiting streaming to 1080p or lower, and YouTube being a lethargic experience. Will save it and probably go the Nvidia shield route for now.

[–] femtech@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

Damn, thanks for the info. I was hoping someone would make something new to replace the shield l.