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Good day! I am trying to find a good alternative as not to use the"smart" functions or using an Xbox to consume our media. I found a few options ie like plasma big screen but it's no longer in development. Essentially I would line love to have it running on an rpi4 and just hooked up to the TV.

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

The option(s) other commenters gave are great! But just to give you more options, I'll give you a few additional ideas.

  1. KDE Connect: You can still use a normal desktop (preferably KDE or Gnome), set your display scale to 150+%, and then use your phone remotely to control the cursor, media playback, and more.
  2. Bazzite: often used to replace SteamOS, it also boots into Steam big picture mode by default, where you can set applications in the start menu. It has a nice console-like interface, and you don't have to maintain anything, e.g. updating. It also supports Waydroid and webapps by default.
  3. An old laptop or mini-PC with Bluefin or Aurora. They are basically like Bazzite, but without gaming stuff. You can set the display scale to 200% and enjoy a worry-free experience. Optionally, you can install Phosh or Plasma Mobile on top, which is made for mobile devices.
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is bazzite couch friendly? I'm expecting to need a mouse and that isnt my ideal setup

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In big picture mode it's couch/ controller friendly. In desktop mode you'll need a mouse. Either way you'll need a peripheral device for any platform.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would like a controller. I'll give bazzite a better look when I get to a home theater PC. Thanks for the input

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

KDE connect is not coach friendly

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

You could install android on something, and run one of the open source TV launchers

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I've done that and as long as you don't need one of the mainstream streaming apps, it seemed to work well . Just give it a try. It's not a lot of work.

Edit: As far as I remember it, it didn't have (the needed?) DRM support

Edit2: Tested on RPi5

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

I don't need or want DRM so I can't comment on that.

What I can say is that the RPI5 is way overkill. I originally ran Kodi on a RPI4 but it was constantly running hot so I switched to a RPI3 and it is much better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

My alternative is OSMC running on a RPI 3

It isn't going to win any awards but it does work nicely with a Bluetooth remote

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

A laptop running linux mint.

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