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Re: Creating My Own Linux-Based Smart TV

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Post by carltheperson » Wed, Jul 03, 2024, 7:49 PM UTC

secstate wrote: post #5

Love a good hack. But in this case, I just use LibreELEC (kodi) and call it a day :D

Kodi is definitely a very cool project.

I haven't used it much myself. How well does it work with streaming services? It seems like it's designed to be really good for offline content.

Re: Creating My Own Linux-Based Smart TV

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Post by DrPhish » Wed, Jul 03, 2024, 7:50 PM UTC

secstate wrote: post #5

Love a good hack. But in this case, I just use LibreELEC (kodi) and call it a day :D

LibreELEC is my go-to as well. I like to buy old thin-clients with bad storage for next to nothing and net-boot them diskless

Re: Creating My Own Linux-Based Smart TV

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Post by catchmeifyoucan » Wed, Jul 03, 2024, 7:50 PM UTC

This is cool!

I'm wondering how you change the input port (e.g. PS5), guessing you jump back to the Samsung OS in those cases?

Re: Creating My Own Linux-Based Smart TV

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Post by carltheperson » Wed, Jul 03, 2024, 7:53 PM UTC

catchmeifyoucan wrote: post #13

This is cool! I'm wondering how you change the input port (e.g. PS5), guessing you jump back to the Samsung OS in those cases?

I don't have anything else plugged into the TV. If I had a PS5 I would have to jump back to Tizen OS, yes.

Re: Creating My Own Linux-Based Smart TV

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 03, 2024, 7:54 PM UTC

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Re: Creating My Own Linux-Based Smart TV

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Post by secstate » Wed, Jul 03, 2024, 8:01 PM UTC

carltheperson wrote: post #11

secstate wrote: post #5

Love a good hack. But in this case, I just use LibreELEC (kodi) and call it a day :D

Kodi is definitely a very cool project. I haven't used it much myself. How well does it work with streaming services? It seems like it's designed to be really good for offline content.

I use it primarily with my own Jellyfin instance, but there are Netflix, Disney+ and pretty much anything you can think of plugins. The YouTube irritatingly complicated to get working, but then there are "play on kodi" plugins for various browser so you can flip what you're watching to the big screen. It's really an amazing project.

Re: Creating My Own Linux-Based Smart TV

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Post by roger_ » Wed, Jul 03, 2024, 8:03 PM UTC

These kludgey hacks have a very early 2000s feel to them.

Shame there isn’t a way to just put custom firmware on a TV.

Re: Creating My Own Linux-Based Smart TV

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Post by vincent-manis » Wed, Jul 03, 2024, 8:21 PM UTC

johnea wrote: post #2

I have this too! The TV is used as a monitor, connected via HDMI to my linux computer...

Same here, I have an LG TV which I dumbed down by removing the Ethernet cable. I use a BeeLink mini-PC, running Ubuntu, with Chrome for TV and VLC for DVDs and CDs. I still use the TV remote for turning power on and off, and changing input source (I still have cable, mostly for news). I would never use a Logitech wireless keyboard/trackpad for typing anything complicated, but it works great as a remote control.

Re: Creating My Own Linux-Based Smart TV

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Post by Daviey » Wed, Jul 03, 2024, 8:25 PM UTC

secstate wrote: post #16

carltheperson wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Kodi is definitely a very cool project. I haven't used it much myself. How well does it work with streaming services? It seems like it's designed to be really good for offline content.

I use it primarily with my own Jellyfin instance, but there are Netflix, Disney+ and pretty much anything you can think of plugins. The YouTube irritatingly complicated to get working, but then there are "play on kodi" plugins for various browser so you can flip what you're watching to the big screen. It's really an amazing project.

Out of interest, why do you use Kodi as a frontend rather than a native Jellyfin client?

Re: Creating My Own Linux-Based Smart TV

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Post by jauntywundrkind » Wed, Jul 03, 2024, 8:27 PM UTC

roger_ wrote: post #17

These kludgey hacks have a very early 2000s feel to them. Shame there isn’t a way to just put custom firmware on a TV.

Looks like the gentleman built their own immersive entertainment system out of nothing on a consumer device. The future has never been so adaptable or malleable before. This man's got craft much more than kludge.