I’ve got a Chromecast on which I have disabled Google Services and only use NewPipe and VLC from F-Droid.
I was wondering what I could replace it with when it stops working.
The remote depletes batteries within a coulle days and the Chromecast has started rebooting randomly…
What I want to do:
- watch videos from my SMB share
- watch videos from media.ccc.de
- optional: Youtube access
- nice to have, but optional: PeerTube access
I’d prefer something very free and open. Could be something I build myself, I’ve recently been given a used FireTV remote, perhaps I could re-use that and avoid some e-waste.
EDIT: other functionality is optional and I don’t need anything like casting or AirPlay.
Either a Pi5 with OpenELEC or any other fanless Linux machine with Kodi + Plugins.
I’m quite a fan of “old office PC from eBay with Debian LTS” myself. You can often get them with decent specs for $30-$40 (less than a Pi) since companies will deprecate them en-mass when their support contract ends.
Yes I have an hp elitedesk mini 800 something G2 which is small (like a thin client), runs kubuntu just fine and can do everything you are asking for. I have a logitech k400 wireless keyboard and trackpad to control it
FUTO does some things
Who or what is FUTO? Why are/is they/it doing things?
That’s a startpage link to a search that does not find anything that looks like it might be a thing you’re referring to. *shrug*
It does for me
https://github.com/futo-org/fcast
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41376215
They will have hardware compatible with the protocol/software listed somewhere.
I swapped to a retired office PC with Linux on it, using KDE. I use KDE connect on my phone to use the browser to watch whatever I want. Some increased scaling made the interface more readable from a distance, and I set the hotbar to hide when I maximize a window. It’s not perfect, but honestly it’s been better than any other option I’ve tried.
I have a Chromecast dongle on the tv and stream with VLC. Though i’m not sure what data does to Google this way.
There used to be that raspberry pi casting thing, but it’s gone now.
What thing…?
