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minus-squareZozano@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·22 hours agoI want software on my TV. Steam Link specifically. I like streaming to my TV via Ethernet.
minus-squarenile_istic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·22 hours agoYou can do that with a Raspberry Pi for <$100 and without the need to have Amazon/Google/Roku/whoever tf else collecting your data.
minus-squarekinship@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoReally? Is there a name for finding guides to such wizardry?
minus-squareAtropos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agohttps://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6424-467A-31D9-C6CB It’s pretty straightforward!
minus-squareZozano@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-221 hours agoWho says I let Amazon/Google/Roku/whoeverTfElse collect my data? I have my TV isolated to its own network and allow inputs from LAN, so i can use Steam Link and Jellyfin just fine.
minus-squarenile_istic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoCool. Who owns the OS on the TV or the app store where you downloaded JF and SL?
minus-squareZozano@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·43 minutes agoI didnt download Jellyfin or steamlink through an app store. I loaded the .apk onto a USB, plugged it in, and sideloaded it lol. Any other 'gotcha’s?
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·22 hours agoSo get a device that can do that. You didn’t need a piece of software that will never see an update to do this.
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·20 hours agoIt’s funny that you think smart TVs don’t receive updates. It’s got a wifi chip for a reason.
minus-squaremichaelmrose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·16 hours agoTvs can last 20 years you’ll be lucky to get 2 years of updates
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoMy TV isn’t going to update because it’s been lobotomized.
I want software on my TV.
Steam Link specifically. I like streaming to my TV via Ethernet.
You can do that with a Raspberry Pi for <$100 and without the need to have Amazon/Google/Roku/whoever tf else collecting your data.
Really? Is there a name for finding guides to such wizardry?
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6424-467A-31D9-C6CB
It’s pretty straightforward!
Who says I let Amazon/Google/Roku/whoeverTfElse collect my data?
I have my TV isolated to its own network and allow inputs from LAN, so i can use Steam Link and Jellyfin just fine.
Cool. Who owns the OS on the TV or the app store where you downloaded JF and SL?
I didnt download Jellyfin or steamlink through an app store. I loaded the .apk onto a USB, plugged it in, and sideloaded it lol.
Any other 'gotcha’s?
So get a device that can do that. You didn’t need a piece of software that will never see an update to do this.
It’s funny that you think smart TVs don’t receive updates. It’s got a wifi chip for a reason.
Tvs can last 20 years you’ll be lucky to get 2 years of updates
My TV isn’t going to update because it’s been lobotomized.