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Can anyone suggest any self-built Apple TV alternatives
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Plasma Bigscreen. If you haven't tried it, TRY IT.
It's any Linux distro with KDE, plus one installed package and you get a tv interface on a computer. You can use Jellyfin with any "Air mouse" you want, and Plex htpc, plus waydroid for android apps. And worse case, is something doesn't work, you've always got a normal web browser.
Listen to Dust0, I've done this with an old Mac book and works very well
There are even cheap Air mouses which can learn your TV remote commands, so you can throw that in a drawer and have only one remote ๐
Gonna bash Debian on my 2014 Mac mini tomorrow, install Bigscreen and see what's up.
If you go that route (which I recommend, just finished my own install, happy with it), I recommend Waydroid-ATV.
You don't need an air mouse, Jellyfin has a TV mode. It has to be selected in the settings.
yeah i did this and it works brilliantly. An airmouse can be fairly cheap. I got an elitedesk mini from a company's old hardware sale. It works wonders for now. An old laptop should work great (easier to find a used one with ok graphics and HDMI) but i found the mini pc formfactor to be easier to place with the tv.
This is the way !
Unless it's been updated, Plex HTPC doesn't work on arm