What is everyone using as a HTPC? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I have a couple of TVs that I use HTPC appliances with. One's a shield TV and the other's a roku. I'm not super happy with either of them. The shield lags like crazy and apps crash constantly. The Roku is stable, but can't decode h265 or av1. Both at riddled with ads. Does anyone have a solution they're happy with? I mostly watch content from major streaming services and stream media from my NAS. I have a raspberry pi 4 that's not in use right now, I tried to get it working as a set top box, but couldn't get DRM content to work so I went back to the shield.

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[-] robolemmy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I'm using a Shield TV Pro with the default launcher disabled, replaced with FLauncher, and the netflix and voice search buttons disabled via button mapper.

I'm 1000% happy with it and absolutely would not go back to an actual HTPC.

Oh, I also uninstalled youtube and replaced it with SmartTube Beta

[-] xodoh74984@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Is there any way to fling YouTube videos to SmartTube from a smartphone?

That's the one thing locking me into Kodi.

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