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points by jszymborski 8 hours ago | 0 comments

Out of curiosity, does anyone know of anything similar that will plug into an HDMI port directly à la Roku? Would be cool to stream my Jellyfin collection on something like this

[–] js2 7 hours ago

Why not run the Jellyfin client (or Kodi?) on a Firestick?

[–] jszymborski 6 hours ago

I would rather have control of the fullstack. I don't very much trust Amazon/Roku/etc... regarding my privacy.

[–] js2 2 hours ago

I think your best option then is CoreELEC running Kodi. Look for a deal on Fire Cube 2nd gen on eBay, root it and install CE. Not as compact as a Firestick and a bit more expensive.

https://discourse.coreelec.org/t/best-device-for-coreelec-in...

[–] giantrobot 3 hours ago

You could look into Intel Compute Sticks[0]. They're small Bay Trail (quad core Atom) PCs with a male HDMI and a USB port. They will run Linux well enough but it's a bit of a pain to get it installed since they've only for a single USB port. They used to be really cheap so they may still be. IIRC they've got full VP9 and h.264 High Profile hardware acceleration.

[0] https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/series/...