I’ve also been running Kodi on a raspbery pi and have been happy with it. Only issue I’ve had with the pi is I can’t get the overscan settings to work with retropie. But kodi has adjustments for the screen size so it works fine.
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harsh3466@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
A raspberry pi running Kodi has been serving me well for years.
Easy install paths include LibreELEC and osmc. I believe both are based on debian.
FWIW I chose and have been happy with osmc. It’s got a plugin system for things like YouTube, you can access your media via the jellyfin plugin or by pointing Kodi at your media, has a remote app available on android and iOS, and for the most part just works.
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nullify3112@lemmy.world 4 days ago
For people like me who don’t want to sail the high seas, how do you watch Netflix, Paramount and other subscription services with Kodi? Isn’t it just easier to use a browser at this point?
Vittelius@feddit.org 3 days ago
There are third party clients for a lot of streaming services as kodi add-ons. Here for example is the add-on for P+: matthuisman.nz/…/paramount-plus-kodi-add-on.html
Please keep in mind that I haven’t used these for years and can make no comment on whether they still work. There are also some inherent limitations. Quality will be caped at 720p for example because widewine Linux bullshit
steelplatedmech@piefed.ca 4 days ago
Browser would be simplest. Even though I prefer Linux and do run it, Windows might be better in your case with it having the DRM support and apps to run those services at higher resolution and HDR that sticking with browser might not allow.
For my case I picked up a cheap MiniPC and install Fedora on it to use instead of the TV interface.
nullify3112@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I have a steam deck plugged in to the TV. I might just use that. The Steam controller is good enough to use as a remote. I might run into the 720p limitation though. I remember hearing Netflix not supporting higher res on browser anymore
pedroapero@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
LibreELEC is definitely not based on Debian. I’m using CoreELEC and it works great too (same thing with different hardware support). It takes some time to understand the UI initially I admit.
AlThePilcrow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
What model pi? I have a 5 running lxqt and it gets overwhelmed streaming YouTube videos to a computer monitor.
harsh3466@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Pi4 8gb. FWIW, the 5 is not great for media. I don’t remember the details, but iirc they removed hardware decoding from the 5.