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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.

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[–] yaroto98@lemmy.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have had several firetvs which I really can't recommend anymore. I don't mind roku with jellyfin client and an adblocker like pihole except the garbage "daily trivia" options that pop up on the sidebar that you have to hide once a week is annoying. Currently use an Nvidia shield with a custom launcher isn't a terrible experience, except for the fact that I have to reboot it all the time because it's glitchy as shit and it was overpriced.

I'm tempted to next try the NUC with that fancy KDE big picture mode I saw get a facelift recently.

Oh, and tried one of those virus ridden chineese android boxes. Also do not recommend.