I’ve seen a couple articles about an android tv alternative and it’s got me thinking about a streaming box again. A while back i gave kodi a try and didn’t care for the experience. Granted, it was on a pi so expectations were low but it missed the mark for me. This time around i’ve got a modest nuc with proxmox i was thinking of moving to the living room and standing up a fresh vm of kodi to stream to.

I could just access the files over the network but i’m already running both plex and jellyfin so why not use either for my watch history. All that being said is kodi still my best bet?

Why proxmox? At some point down the road i’d like to get a capture card in the mix to stream games and that feels like the most flexible way to do everything.

  • BlackVenom@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    You’re asking for the client side of things, yes? You’ve got a server elsewhere?

    Are you stuck on the nuc or would other hardware work?

    What kind of media? Music/video? 1080 or 4k? Raw rips or compressed files?

  • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 months ago

    The Nvidia Shield is still the best option for this. I’ve tried all kinds of homebrew solutions and always had headaches. In the two years I’ve had my Shield, I’ve never had a problem. Smart Tube Next lets me cast YouTube without ads, Kodi/Jellyfin gives me all my media library, plus I’ve got official apps for Nebula, Dropout and Spotify. Custom launcher removes what little amount of ads there were (and that was unobtrusive background banner stuff even at its worst). Plus the pro version can handle some pretty powerful emulators.

  • ravenaspiring@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I realize most will say kodi or android TV, but I have to say that Apple TV with Infuse (or Jellyfin) is really simple and reliable. I say that with the assumption that you mean a client, not the server. I would definitely put it on a NAS at minimum.

  • illusionist@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I use an amazon fire tv stick. It supports more than any other streaming device, afaik. You can sideload custom apps. It’s just there to open jellyfin and ARTE for 50 bucks.

    Maybe I’ll buy the next gen shield but buying the 2019 version in 2025 is a bit dated and too expemsive tbo