• Justin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    Server to host media. Super easy to set up and can run on a Windows client. Don’t even need an independent server to run it on. https://jellyfin.org/

    https://kodi.tv/ (or https://libreelec.tv/ for an OS that boots to just Kodi)

    Application to watch through Kodi https://github.com/jellyfin/jellycon

    Client to run Kodi on: MeLE PCG02 Mini PC Stick https://a.co/d/1EGnekO

    If you didn’t want to install LibreELEC to the PC and just want to keep Windows, you could run Kodi in Kiosk mode and it would boot directly to it just like LibreELEC.

    I have not watched normal TV in years, let alone an ad on my TV. I spoke to my neighbors one day and figured out they were paying ~$60 a month for all their streaming services, and they’re STILL getting ads…

    Stuff like this is unacceptable, and I refuse to partake in the lunacy and delusion that is modern television.

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      The number of people suggesting this shit as a replacement for streaming services is way too damn high.

      The monetary cost of the hardware is insane if you want to have any sort of hardware to store your media. But the time investment to get something like this running is 10x more. And at the end of the day it’s all 100% illegal and liable to get you in tons of trouble.