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What is everyone using as a HTPC? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have a couple of TVs that I use HTPC appliances with. One's a shield TV and the other's a roku. I'm not super happy with either of them. The shield lags like crazy and apps crash constantly. The Roku is stable, but can't decode h265 or av1. Both at riddled with ads. Does anyone have a solution they're happy with? I mostly watch content from major streaming services and stream media from my NAS. I have a raspberry pi 4 that's not in use right now, I tried to get it working as a set top box, but couldn't get DRM content to work so I went back to the shield.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

just a normal PC? Streaming should work in a browser.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I've been using the Jellyfin WebOS app, it works well but sometimes will transcode instead of direct streaming the first time something is played. Restarting a few times fixes it though. I also have jellyfin on my steam deck, but I don't think it does drm apps.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Some 2nd gen Intel Acer Aspire (?) SFF with an older gen NVIDIA card. Last Windows machine in the household due to WAF.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What is WAF?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

wife acceptance factor :)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

My old desktop, a Ryzen 3600/GTX-1080 mini-ITX build. After using a Pi 4 with Kodi for awhile it's nice to have a media machine that can run Crysis.

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