Creating My Own Linux-Based Smart TV
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Creating My Own Linux-Based Smart TV
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Re: Creating My Own Linux-Based Smart TV
#2I have this too!
The TV is used as a monitor, connected via HDMI to my linux computer...
Re: Creating My Own Linux-Based Smart TV
#3The best thing about this setup is that the freaking Smart TV isn't spying on you and selling your data to advertisers.
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#4Is there any benefit of using a laptop rather than a pi?
Re: Creating My Own Linux-Based Smart TV
#5Love a good hack. But in this case, I just use LibreELEC (kodi) and call it a day :D
Re: Creating My Own Linux-Based Smart TV
#6I have this too! The TV is used as a monitor, connected via HDMI to my linux computer...
Yup. Intel Nuc and a Logitech K400. I dont bother with cute menu things and just use whatever DE with scaling turned up to 150%. 99% of the time you're in FF/Chrome watching streaming video.
Re: Creating My Own Linux-Based Smart TV
#7Is there any benefit of using a laptop rather than a pi?
Used laptops are cheaper than Pi's.
Re: Creating My Own Linux-Based Smart TV
#8Is there any benefit of using a laptop rather than a pi?
The benefit for me was that I already had an old laptop lying around. :)
I'm sure a Pi could work well for this too. It just needs to be powerful enough to display websites and videos smoothly.
Re: Creating My Own Linux-Based Smart TV
#9The best thing about this setup is that the freaking Smart TV isn't spying on you and selling your data to advertisers.
It probably still tries to analyze what's on screen, but probably can't send it anywhere if no network connection is available (unless it has a WWAN radio or can hop onto some Sidewalk-type network).
Re: Creating My Own Linux-Based Smart TV
#10It's always more satisfying to create something yourself but LibreELEC is a minimal Linux distro (barely even a distro) that boots directly into Kodi and is ideal for this kind of use case. It even has native CEC support.