Nvidia Shield + Lineage OS? Chromesomething? Roku? AppleTV? X86 + Linux? (I’m not afraid of Linux, but remember some posts about video acceleration not working and services being web only.)

[–] capital@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

My server is 12+ years old made with desktop parts and I use an original Apple TV to watch.

This can be done cheaply.

[–] jeze3D@lemmy.zip 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I just use Android TV.

[–] Dumbkid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Second this, android tv will run kodi (with seren) and stremio if you wanna go the real-debrid route. And if you decide to board media for some reason it'll run plex, emby, or jellyfin. Shield tv used to be king but its pretty expensive for older hardware

[–] jollyrogue@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I would probably have a Shield Pro if the price was lower. It does seem to have to best support though.

[–] HoustonHenry@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I've really been pleased with it once I bit the bullet, you might keep a lookout around black friday/cyber monday for a possible discount

[–] jollyrogue@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is the front runner, but I’m not sure which device is the best though. Nvidia Shield seems to be the most logical answer.

[–] jeze3D@lemmy.zip 3 points 9 months ago

It's built into my TV as the OS. For TVs I've had in the past without Android TV baked in I'd use a Chromecast with Google TV.

[–] Catfish@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I use Jellyfin on an old laptop running Ubuntu. I like Jellyfin because it's FOSS.

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It’s a little bit of brain damage to figure it out but once it’s all set up the *arr stuff and Jellyfin makes it pretty painless

[–] Catfish@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah I have it set up with jellyseerr so I can request a film or show on there and it'll search my torrent trackers and it'll get added to my Jellyfin. It's great because I can cast Jellyfin onto any TV in the house :)

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

$19.99 Walmart ONN Google play box. Handles 1080p just fine via Kodi over wifi.

[–] jollyrogue@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How much malware is on that thing?

The firmware needs to be replaceable, so it doesn’t turn into a liability.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

???? You block it in your network and don't give it any access to anything after you install Kodi. Then point Kodi to your smb share using a read only account. Why would you let any of these boxes online?

[–] jollyrogue@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

It might be supported by LineageOS, so that could be an option. https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/dopinder/

[–] jagoan@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I just plug 500gb usb stick on my Asus router (Merlin). Install transmission, and turns on vpn and smb share. Playback is using iina on Mac, mpv on Android, and Outplayer on iOS.

[–] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

I have an oDroid N2+ with CoreELEC (arm Linux for booting into Kodi) that I use to stream content from my home server. It's honestly the best setup I've ever used. If a streaming service is needed, my TV runs on Android with a TV specific launcher.

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

I’m running a rusty old QNAP NAS (10+ years old), and access it via Infuse on my iPhone / Apple TV.

It provides a very Kodi-like interface, and requires near 0 set-up. Just point it at the root network folders and it’ll pull all the relevant metadata (movie posters, cast lists, series info, optional subtitles etc.).

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Depends what you want to do. You can do stremio + real debrid on just about anything but if you want to do your own server I would get a cheap used tower off of eBay that has an intel processor with integrated graphics and throw Ubuntu server on it and drop in a commercial NAS drive for storage like a WD Red. I did that for ~300 and am happy with the results (half of that budget was storage)

[–] jollyrogue@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How is transcoding handled? Does the Intel iGPU have the drivers/support to do transcoding on the fly?

Anyway… In this instance, I’m mainly looking for a client reccs. I have a crappy Roku streaming stick that needs to get replaced, and I’m wondering which client device is the best. An Android device or AppleTV seem to be best choices, since I could get commercial services with hardware acceleration on them if I wanted to.

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago

Yep, intel processors support hardware transcoding starting with sandy bridge

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video

To your second point I have run stremio on a chromecast and it’s been fine. But I also don’t stream anything higher than 1080p