I thought it was nifty with a sharp UI. I provided feedback on multiple occasions not to degrade their own platform, which I’m sure were read by nobody. But still, it’s a shame.
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nul9o9@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It was my favorite UI between firestick, android tv, and roku. I’m seriously bummed out by what they’ve been doing.
Last time I asked it seemed like open source streaming box OS’s aren’t a tbing.
henfredemars@infosec.pub 6 months ago
Aceticon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Librelec?
SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I am living that dream right now and it’s pretty sweet. Personal photo screensaver, integration with my control platform, can run some emulators. And add-ons for some services.
I can’t get prime video to work but that’s not terrible, I do wanna watch fallout though.
I need to figure out a way to dual boot to Blissos easily on the fly
Aceticon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I recently got rid of my TV box from my ISP (around here it tends to be bundled, but I found a cheaper data only ISP) and of a separate media box I had to play my collection of videos in digital files that were stored in a NAS and even the old NAS setup (which was just improvised with some external HDs connected to my router and used the older SMB v1 protocol which is much slower than more recent versions) and brough everything onto a single device which is a Mini PC with Lubuntu and Kodi which even has so additional stuff in it like an always on VPN and web controlled Torrent download server.
I never had a this good and this well integrated home entertainment setup before.
That’s basically a “make your own” version of LibreElec, but I didn’t recomend it above because that Mini PC was $150 and you do need to know your way around Linux to set something like that up yourself (plus the added value to make it worth it is in being able to hand more server services in that machine, such as Torrent downloading over that always on VPN) whilst LibreElec is a pre-assembled full solution and is also available for much cheaper devices.
But yeah, it’s actually pretty amazing how far open source home entertainment solutions have come in just a decade (which is how old my setup with a dedicated media box and NAS was before this restructuring of the whole thing to modern tech).
DaGeek247@fedia.io 6 months ago
There's at least one for sale; https://osmc.tv/vero/
LesserAbe@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Stupid question, but am I right in thinking that osmc won’t support streaming services like Netflix/Hulu/Max?
DaGeek247@fedia.io 6 months ago
It's open source, so you're right, it won't. I use mine as a jellyfin box.
lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I haven’t followed this guide so can’t comment on how up to date it all is, but looks like there are addons to stream Disney, Netflix, and Prime at least: makeuseof.com/…/netflix-amazon-video-plex-raspber…
timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It is kodi
timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Yep, looked more into it. Honestly it sounds great. A dedicated box AND remote with kodi and an integrated app store? I’m intrigued. Will give this os a go soon.