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.