Comment on KDE Plasma Bigscreen (Android TV alternative) is back from dead
greybeard@feddit.online 1 day ago
Glad to see it being picked back up. I tried it previously and I really didn't like it. It felt half baked. The new version looks like a substantial improvement. Now if only every streaming app didn't lock their services behind DRM and mobile apps.
this@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Couldn’t you get around this by making the “apps” in bigscreen be browser shortcuts to their respective streaming website?
Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Many streaming service websites limit browser streaming to 720p.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Or just outright don’t allow it at all on Linux as if that does anything whatsoever.
tempest@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Really? I’m on a Linux desktop and I had not noticed. Though I steam from Netflix on it very very rarely.
Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
With Netflix in a browser, you can bring up your streaming stats in the browser window as you’re watching something by pressing Ctrl + Shift+ Alt + D. It’ll give you several bits of information as an overlay, including what resolution the video is playing at. Next time you stream from them, give it a shot and see if you get anything above 720p. I know I never have and if you search online, you’ll find others with the same experience. In fact, I think Netflix might actually have this on a FAQ page somewhere…
Found it! help.netflix.com/en/node/30081
Scroll down to the OS selection and you can see what resolutions are supported by which browsers on Linux. Turns out Opera will give you 1080p for some reason, but the rest are capped at 720p.
greybeard@feddit.online 1 day ago
As others have mentioned, the websites tend to be limited both by resolution and functionality.
My TV supports CEC(most do these days) which will pass the remote input onto the devices connected to it, like a computer. Which means with Plasma Big Picture I can navigate with my remote, and any app that supports navigation with simple arrow key input would work great.
Unfortunately, the streaming websites, last time I tried, absolutely suck at that and assume you are navigating with a mouse.
Ugurcan@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That only would launch them and probably won’t support remotes properly.