I've been using Chromecasts and it's gotten so slow and buggy. I was trying to cast from VLC on my phone to it and I had a ton of trouble getting it to show up and connect and after I finished streaming from my phone I tried to switch to the YouTube app and it just kept on crashing.
It's 2024, I'm tired of dealing with shitty tv streaming experiences. I want something completely uncompromising. I want a silky smooth experience and I don't want it to randomly break on my.
I'm thinking about shelling out for a shield TV, but I'd rather have control over my device since I don't want to deal with the manufacturers fucking around with my device after the fact.
I'd love to be able to set up a raspberry pi for this, but would I be able to get a seamless experience? I don't mind doing extra up front work to get it set up, but I don't want it to be an ongoing maintenance thing, and I'd like it to work with Chromecast so it's easy to stream to from a variety of devices.
Can I actually pull that off with a raspberry pi or should I go with the shield TV?
Chromecast works well with the SHIELD, I have an og and it's great. The only issue I've run into was some fuckery with Netflix's password crackdown while trying to cast my GF's friend's account to the shield after putting in the "I'm not stealing pixels I swear" code.
For the pi if the old tutorial doesn't work I think your only chance is someone incorporating open matter casting into Kodi.