DIYer picks a “little insane”-looking setup for less tracking, more control.
hum, why go the whole custom interface way when he could use kodi? I have a dumb HD (not gull HD, just HD, that’s how old it is) connected to a rPi with Kodi. Kodi has the jellyfin plugin to connect to my jellyfin server. I even had the DVB-T adapter so I can watch regular TV. When I’ll eventually buy a new TV I’ll just connect the rPi to the new one.
randompasta@lemmy.today 3 months ago
I’d love to see Linux folks figure out easy ways for consumers to replace the on board OS’s for any TV out there. Can that be done?
aksdb@lemmy.world 3 months ago
DRM crap ruins the typical end user experience.
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 3 months ago
You can thank Torvalds for supporting TiVoization.
yonder@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Buddy, we can’t even get phones fully working. Though apparently and Amazon echo can boot linux.
BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The issue usually is proprietary streaming services, not a lot of interest from them on Linux/etc support and the unofficial options are usually kind of janky. That does make total sense but also kills it’s chances of getting wide support / adoption which limits the growth of the projects.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Lineage OS supports some TV boxes
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
It usually uses strong cryptographic verification with very specific proprietary firmware.
In short very hard. It is easier to get a separate device