So I don't know if this is the proper community to post this in but after the recent shenanigans that Roku has pulled I want to redo my entertainment setup and stream my media through a box I control. I have a couple of Odroid N2+ laying around and I'm trying to build a stream box out of them. First I tried CoreElec but Jellyfin didn't work out to well for me. Now I'm trying Android but some apps (cough* Curiosity Stream) are terrible.

My question is what does the community use to stream their media? What I'm looking for is the ability to connect to Jellyfin servers, Nebula/Curiosity Stream/HiDive subscription service access, adblocked Youtube. Does anyone have a similar setup?

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[–] giacomo@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

i have a debian box with kde bigscreen and have been quite pleased. kodi with the jellyfin plugin worked ok, but i ran into some playback issues with select videos and ended up just using the jellyfin desktop app. apps in general kinda lack, but you can setup firefox/chromium "apps" for different streaming services and youtube.

[–] yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago (4 children)

For the streaming services like Netflix, how do you get around the max resolution of 720p in web browsers?

[–] DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago

max resolution of 720p in web browsers

What the fucking fuck!? That shit should be illegal AF if you pay for the 1080p or 4k tier...

[–] giacomo@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

i dont have Netflix

[–] Amaterasu@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I think there is no way around it. If you use Netflix you may be locked to the licensed boxes.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You'd probably want to post this in self-hosting.

[–] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

install something debian-like and then try jellyfin-mpv-shim and then add macast. you're creating a sink that plays whatever you send it via your mobile device. so, no interface on the tv to navigate, you browse your jellyfin library from your phone and just send it to the player. you control the playback from the mobile app (play, stop, volume, change subs, etc). behind the scene it uses mpv to play the video.

macast does the same for online videos e.g youtube, vimeo, etc. you send it a youtube video and it plays it in fullscreen. behind the scenes it uses yt-dl with mpv.