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.

  • robolemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    181·
    7 hours ago

    I’m using a Shield TV Pro with the default launcher disabled, replaced with FLauncher, and the netflix and voice search buttons disabled via button mapper.

    I’m 1000% happy with it and absolutely would not go back to an actual HTPC.

    Oh, I also uninstalled youtube and replaced it with SmartTube Beta

    • xodoh74984@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      Is there any way to fling YouTube videos to SmartTube from a smartphone?

      That’s the one thing locking me into Kodi.

      • pirat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        48 minutes ago

        Yes, you can cast from the official YouTube app (or Revanced). You need to generate a code for connection in the SmartTube settings, then connect your phone through the cast menu. The option in the cast menu on the phone is called something like “Connect with code” IIRC.