I had a Rapsberri Pi 4 (4GB) laying around and installed kodi/libreelec to use it with my TV.

I need it to do 3, maybe 4 things, but the experience was rather underwhelming.

  1. Jellyfin client I run a jellyfin server on my NAS. The jellyfin add-on needs several seconds or even a minute plus to load the content of big folders.

Jellycon has a different approach, but doesn’t let me browse folders, which is a must for me (I use pinchflat to download some videos from YouTube channels. They are organized in folders)

  1. YouTube Ideally I would love a freetube client for watching one off videos or finding a video on a certain topic. The YouTube add-on requires API access, sadly.

  2. Twitch The add-on works great.

  3. Remote I have a IR Mini Keyboard that works great with Kodi/libreelec

I was considering installing a lightweight Linux distro and installing freetube and a browser for twitch and jellyfin.

Does anyone use similar hardware? Is there a better solution for my use case?

(If there is a better affordable hardware solution, I’m interested as well)

  • 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.comEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    I just installed a port of AndroidTV on mine and then changed over to an android tv box because they have a remote that just works etc. Connected to our surround sound system>projector it is just easy to do. I don’t even bother with plex anymore as the NAS box just serves files over ethernet/wifi and the box can, if needed, just download the file. You can then, of course install apps on android and do it that way if needed