Meanwhile, Roku keeps making more money.
  • nul9o9@lemmy.worldEnglish
    39·
    2 months ago

    It was my favorite UI between firestick, android tv, and roku. I’m seriously bummed out by what they’ve been doing.

    Last time I asked it seemed like open source streaming box OS’s aren’t a thing.

      • SidewaysHighways@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        I am living that dream right now and it’s pretty sweet. Tied into my jellyfin and emby setup. Personal photo screensaver, integration with my control platform, can run some emulators. And add-ons for some services.

        I can’t get prime video to work but that’s not terrible, I do wanna watch fallout though.

        I need to figure out a way to dual boot to Blissos easily on the fly.

        But yeah LibreELEC has made me proud

        • Aceticon@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          I recently got rid of my TV box from my ISP (around here it tends to be bundled, but I found a cheaper data only ISP) and of a separate media box I had to play my collection of videos in digital files that were stored in a NAS and even the old NAS setup (which was just improvised with some external HDs connected to my router and used the older SMB v1 protocol which is much slower than more recent versions) and brough everything onto a single device which is a Mini PC with Lubuntu and Kodi which even has so additional stuff in it like an always on VPN and web controlled Torrent download server.

          I never had a this good and this well integrated home entertainment setup before.

          That’s basically a “make your own” version of LibreElec, but I didn’t recomend it above because that Mini PC was $150 and you do need to know your way around Linux to set something like that up yourself (plus the added value to make it worth it is in being able to hand more server services in that machine, such as Torrent downloading over that always on VPN) whilst LibreElec is a pre-assembled full solution and is also available for much cheaper devices.

          But yeah, it’s actually pretty amazing how far open source home entertainment solutions have come in just a decade (which is how old my setup with a dedicated media box and NAS was before this restructuring of the whole thing to modern tech).

          PS: Oh, and by the way, it’s possible to get a wireless remote control (about $4 from AliExpress) that works absolutelly fine with Linux and lets you control Kodi by remote just like you would control a dedicated TV Box.

  • njm1314@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    2 months ago

    Man Roku’s just getting worse and worse. I used to love my Roku years ago. Thought it was crazy I would have a fire stick because Roku was so much better. Those days are gone. Well mostly I still hate Fire Sticks.

    • Jesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      I can’t believe the company that puts ads on the remote would do this to me.

  • CO5MO ✨@midwest.socialEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    Any thoughts on an alternative device to stream through Plex? I have an LG tv I guess I can use 🤷🏼‍♀️

    • crossover@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      AppleTV with the Infuse app.

      Blows everything else away. It will connect to Plex and Jellyfin servers. Or a standard SMB folder share if you prefer. No ads. It never lags. Has reliable frame rate matching. And you’re likely to get 5+ years of software update support.

      The only thing it won’t do is Atmos from Bluray rips (it will do lossless 7.1 but not the atmos layer). If you need that, then get an Nvidia Shield Pro.

      • ChillPill@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        The apple tv looks good. But can I put software of my choosing on it and will I be able to do everything on the apple tv if I dont have other apple devices?

        • crossover@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          Sideloading and customisation is a downside. Like other Apple devices, the App Store is the way they want you to install things.

          There are ways to sideload things like Kodi through pre signed certificates but I don’t know much about it.

          Dont need another Apple device.

          • whynotzoidberg@lemmy.world
            English
            2·
            2 months ago

            They might miss out on the convenience of AirPlay, though. AFAIK you cant do DLNA streaming to the Apple TV.

            AirPlay really bridges the gaps for me, wrt having any app available on my tv at any time.

            Combined with steam connect, it’s a decent multi use box with solid, non-intrusive updates. Just wish the garden wasn’t so unnecessarily walled.

    • OwlPaste@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Plex user here, you install app on your receiver (tv/tablet/phone/whatever) and if you so desire you can host local content via plex server running on a machine on your network. Not used it as a home screen though, as i avoid paid players.

  • neuroneiro@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    I’ve had the displeasure of using a Roku TV while put up by insurance since a truck drove into our garage in January, after a couple hotel stays.

    I’m sure it’s a few years old but there can’t be more than 8mb of RAM.

    • StV2@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      The software is so bloated and sluggish on mine

      I really wish software developers were actually allowed to ship decent firmware for stuff rather than just running a gigantic bloated os to effectively just decode and display video

      • Lemonparty@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        It blows my mind how slow mine is now. I don’t even use the UI really, I only switch between ps5 and my shield tv, but that switch takes SO LONG