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Chromecast / Firestick Self Host Replacement
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I was looking into something similar recently, and asked around on Lemmy. The general consensus I heard was that a Mini PC weren't ideal, mostly I think due to the fact that they aren't designed purely for streaming.
One think someone said piqued my interest, and I might try this. They recommended buying a cheap, Android TV compatible streaming box (like an Onn brand one), and side-loading an open source (and ad-free) launcher onto it.
I found this thread over on the Huffman Shitshow that had some good instructions.
LoL
This is basically what I do, except the quicker way without using ADB to remove anything. Might try removing the junk though to see if it makes a difference. Launcher Manager and Flauncher makes an Onn 4K very snappy. Hard to beat for $20 and a little setup effort. I used to use Firesticks for years, but they get so slow and constantly revert my launcher changes. Finally got rid of them all.
Have you found a way to stream Netflix at 4K?
Sorry, no idea. Dumped Netflix years ago.
If you want to put in more work for more freedom, a lot of SBC's can do something similar too.
Not even that much work. Libre elec is pretty simple as long as you don't do anything too creative