RPi client for tv

My jellyfin server is all set up and ready to go.l, but I want to replace my Kodi box, it is just painful.

Is there a nice way to setup a rPi to run as a client, that just turns on and looks like a media centre? Ie, it loads up and is ready to go at power on?

Ta

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ryannathans@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y (6 replies)

You could almost just script the launch of the flatpak at boot. It'll be rough around the edges but probably fine depending on your peripherals

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2y (5 replies)

I would just script the web version. You just need to set Firefox to run at startup full screen.

ryannathans@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y (4 replies)

No HEVC support IME, needs flatpak

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2y (3 replies)

What?

ryannathans@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

HEVC hardware decoding doesn't seem to be supported in normal browsers. It works in the flatpak though

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Isn't the flatpak just the browser version put into an app? Maybe its just a matter of configuring Firefox.

ryannathans@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y

https://caniuse.com/hevc

Pretty widely unsupported, doesn't work in chrome either. Flatpak must be doing something sneaky