I recently found a very overpowered for the price mini-PC and I plan to use it to replace my Android TV box that is really starting to show its age.
I think I want something bazzite-like and probably immutable but more media focused than gaming, with already working and set up waydroid and remote control support.
Thanks in advance
I looked into doing this a bit ago. For me, the current solutions just aren’t good enough. Once Plasma Bigscreen and Waydroid Android TV are ready, then I think I’ll take the plunge. For now, my Nvidia Shield 2019 is hard to beat.
I think I want something bazzite-like and probably immutable but more media focused than gaming, with already working and set up waydroid and remote control support.
Likely does not exist yet. I haven’t heard of one, at least.
The closest one with the remote stuff and media will probably be https://libreelec.tv/
Yeah, but not immutable and not with waydroid pre-installed.
Could be nice but the download section tells „As of right now, Plasma Bigscreen isn’t available for public use yet.
LibreELEC Or OpenELEC
It is not immutable, but use Linux Mint for my tv computer. It is similar enough to windows that my so has no promblem using it. I use it with a 2 in 1 keyboard/touchbad from logitech.
I actually made a similar post on this a while back and never quite found what i was looking for.
Ultimately, i just settled for using popos with it scaled up so i could use it easier with a remote i have. Works fine for my needs.
Does your use case include watching content from Netflix and/or Hulu?
Not netflix no, after one of the price hikes a couple years back i dont subscribe to them anymore. Hulu worked fine if i remember correctly. Hbo works fine for me rn.
While not perfect, pop os does the job.
So when you wanna watch Hulu or HBO, you just open up a web browser, go to the Hulu/HBO site, and play the content in the web browser in full HD? No bullshittery around limiting the playback to 720p in a browser?
For HBO, I dont think so.
And thinking about it now, i was watching Netflix with my GF the other day at my place using her account, didn’t look like 480p at least. That said, hard for me to tell since my internet rn is limited and i stream most things at 480p, sometimes 720p if its a good day.
I’m probably not the best barometer for stream quality give my situation. Atm I’m just glad it works.
I’m using firefox with drm content turned on and thats all I’ve done.
Try Bazzite.
I’m going to second this. It runs Android apps with a little bit of config.
Don’t try to work around a hardware issue with software.
Get yourself one of these, use any normal distro and call it a day.
Haven’t tried but maybe worth a look: https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv
Mythtv is awesome if you want to watch live TV, DVR the live TV or watch media. I’ve never been able to get it to work easily with streamed content. However you can just download the content you want and watch it as media. Best part is you can split the backend (disks, TV tuners etc) front the frontend (playback) and have a tiny box sat next to your tv
@StarlightDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone how much do mini pc’s cost these days?
It depends. Thie one I got for this was cheap on Facebook marketplace for ~£100.
I have been slumming it with a normal ubuntu install, I tried plasma bigscreen but never got it working properly
Look into Batocera. It has Kodi and Emulation Station as the two halves of the OS. You can even install Steam games on it (check RetroGameCorps video). Get a USB IR receiver from Flirc. The one thing it won’t support is WayDroid
There are some rumors about a new android box made by Valve. Perhaps if you have the benefit of time wait a little bit to see if it sees the daylight
you weren’t specific about your use case, but if running media-consumption apps is your thing, there’s a LineageOS AndroidTV port for Raspberry Pi. the most polished UX, no Google spyware to slow things down, super-competent hardware (avaialable with up to 8 GB RAM), supports HDMI-CEC (you can use your TV’s remote), has a wired LAN port, and you always have the option of installing a linux distro.
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