Ruben Schade  🔰 🇦🇺

I'm thinking of getting an Raspberry Pi 400 as a "TV" computer, instead of a hockey puck device. The keyboard would be the "remote", and would live on the coffee table. Web views for things like Plex/Jellyfin/Navidrome/YT would be the "Apps".

Main issue I can see is that power and HDMI would need to snake across the floor, but I'm not especially precious about that.

Also, happy Friday! 🍻

Mar 20 at 7:57amWeb
Show threadRuben Schade  🔰 🇦🇺Mar 20
(I should mention this would replace an Apple TV, which is fine, but I'm slowly moving Apple stuff out of the house. I'm also tired of bad "apps" for things like Jellyfin et.al.)
Show threadPeterMar 20
@rubenerd The app for jellyfin on the Apple TV is soooo bad. I'm fighting with it every day. I've also been meaning to replace our Apple TV (same reason, get off Apple/big tech stuff, so it'll be some sort of smallish computer as well). We're moving house in the summer so maybe I'll use that as a motivator to get me going. 😅
Show threadMJ TurnerMar 21
@peter_sc @rubenerd I know you both mentioned getting away from using an Apple TV but if you need a good tvOS Frontend for Jellyfin, Infuse is excellent - https://firecore.com/infuse
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Show threadJason Tubnor 🇦🇺Mar 20
@rubenerd I have a 400 let me know what you want tested.
Show threadRuben Schade  🔰 🇦🇺Mar 21

@Tubsta Thanks! Feel like I’ve asked you before, but what are you running on it?

(Unsurprisingly I’d be looking at running a BSD of a Net or the Free variety on ours).

Show threadJason Tubnor 🇦🇺Mar 21
@rubenerd OpenBSD felt the best experience. But I’d give NetBSD a go if I was you
Show threadskribe 🇺🇦 Mar 20
@rubenerd I'd advise against Plex. It's become obnoxiously invasive. My personal take: they'll hand-over all their data some day. It's just a matter of when.
Show threadRuben Schade  🔰 🇦🇺Mar 20
@skribe Yeah you're right :(. Been running Plex for 10+ years, looking to replace it with Jellyfin. I didn't for the longest time because .NET was iffy on FreeBSD, but it runs now
Show threadskribe 🇺🇦 Mar 20
@rubenerd I don't believe it's a one-to-one replacement.
Show threademilianosandriMar 20
@rubenerd I'm considering to replace everything with DLNA so I can use the clients built in TVs and gaming consoles
Show threadBitslingers-R-UsMar 20

@rubenerd One thing I really don’t like about the Pi 400 is that stupid micro-whatever-HDMI. It doesn’t seem or feel physically robust.

OTOH, USB-C instead of micro-USB is a good thing.

Show threadDuncan BayneMar 20
@rubenerd FWIW I'm running an old ThinkPad W540 as a "TV" computer, with Linux Mint, and it's great. Cheap BT keyboard + trackpad thingy instead of a remote, so I don't have to do the cable-snaking.
Show threadKungFuDiscoMonkeyMar 20
@rubenerd Power is unavoidable, but now you have me wondering if wireless hdmi is a thing. I don't actually have a TV though so not something I could try 😆
Show threadMaxMar 20
@rubenerd You mention you're not too precious about cables, but still... Have you considered a regular pi somewhere close to the tv, and a separate BT keyboard/pointing device combo? I mean, either work fine, especially if you don't have kids or other pets running around, of course... Just particularly drawn to the looks of the 400?
Show threadPlasmawizMar 20
@rubenerd I wonder if you could attach a bluetooth or 2.4ghz game controller or remote to it in order to avoid the cable issue...