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DIYer picks a "little insane"-looking setup for less tracking, more control.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

That's basically my setup, lol. Except the laptop is just old but otherwise intact.

Boots into OpenBox with some custom startup scripts to auto launch a fullscreen browser to my Emby server, a little python daemon I wrote to control various things (screen on/off, volume, etc) via MQTT, and some webhooks from Emby to tie it into my HomeAssistant.

All my DVD/BR library has been ripped to my server, local OTA feeds in from my HD Homerun tuner, and can use my phone or anything with a web browser as a remote.

I refuse to use my money to buy an ad platform.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Same buddy. I use a projector and a laptop with an air mouse and my 'apps' are just browser shortcuts set to auto open at specific urls in kiosk mode.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is there not an issue with the likes of streamers capping resolution on desktops? Maybe you dont use streamers at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Not a huge problem for me: they cap the resolution at 1080 but that's what my projector does. Looks pretty good on my wall. Plus I only currently have HBO myself...but yeah 4k bluray/jellyfin looks just as good because the projector is the limiting factor anyway.