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Help Building a Stream Box (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by Eezyville@sh.itjust.works to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

i dont have Netflix

[–] Amaterasu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !selfhosting@slrpnk.net