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Alternative to GoogleTV - AndroidTV (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Do you know if there is an alternative to GoogleTV or AndroidTV as the OS on the TV set? I've seen one or two projects but those are more oriented towards TV boxes rather than the television device itself.

I would like to replace the one that comes preinstalled, as as far as I have detected is turns on on low power every now and then to, and this is a guess, phone home for updates. I have connected it once to my wifi, and after that it updated itself and started to lag.

I would like it to connect to my network and play my local media streams, but I don't like the idea of it going to the vendor's cloud. I have it now disconnected from the network, but it would be nice not to depend on another device just to enjoy my arrchives

Edit: I am not looking for some solution to connect to the tv and stream, I have that covered. I am asking to replace the preinstalled OS on the tv and use it without needing external devices.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

LibreELEC!

once you get past the idea that everything needs to look like a square icon it's absolutely amazing.

i love kodi!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I wonder: would the 1GB Raspberry Pi 3 be okay for this? The more powerful ones are very expensive, $60 is already kind of a lot, so would hope maybe it could work for 1080p video (or 720p m3u streams)?

Edit: have tried by now, and it is indeed just enough for my needs.

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

i have a 1gb raspbryy pi 3b, 1080p 30fps would be its max

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

I run LibreELEC on an old laptop strapped to the back of my TV, with a PC connected remote to control it. It works really well but I always get the feeling it can do so much more than I use it for.

I sync with Jellyfin using the addon, but don't do much other than that. And must have things I don't know exists?