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Smart devices were supposed to make life better, but constant updates have made them worse

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Any chance you'd know the answer to this (or a better community to ask in) -

I need something I can hook into a projector's HDMI port. All I need from it is mirroring my phone and occasionally playing Plex. I don't really want to get a smart device if I don't have to

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Nowhere near an expert on the subject, but I wonder if a Raspberry Pi will suffice?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Not sure. I know you can run Plex, but idk about phone mirroring

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Remote control is the fiddly bit with the Pi. You can use a wireless mouse but it’s a bit meh. I’m just waiting for the day for someone to solve that dilemma, then our “smart” TVs are being forcibly made “dumb”.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This may be a bit convoluted, but I think its the only way. You have to install 2 apps on the PC and phone. One for controlling the PC, and second for your phone to stream the display to PC. The first one, I don't know any good one but maybe some simple SSH is suffice. The second is scrcpy. It is an app that lets you stream your phone to the desktop/PC

Edit: Forgot to mention, to SSH to your desktop from the phone, you can use JuiceSSH or tmux

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

I've been eyeing one of those Intel HDMI sticks for this. I have been using my steam deck for stuff lately and KDE connect is really good, or leverage something like Kodi.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

you need a [email protected] single board computer with a touch of linux to setup the image.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just took a look there. Man they really seem to hate anything that isn't 1000% open source or made in China.

This is probably what I'm gonna end up doing, but hopefully I can find a better community

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Not sure what you were expecting. You're not going to find much support for Windows or Mac which means you need both good tools and support so it's open source or bust. The only time I ever run into problems is when Chinese developers like OrangePi require shitty windows flash utility for flashing rockchip IMG files.