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What is everyone using as a HTPC? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago by ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I have a couple of TVs that I use HTPC appliances with. One's a shield TV and the other's a roku. I'm not super happy with either of them. The shield lags like crazy and apps crash constantly. The Roku is stable, but can't decode h265 or av1. Both at riddled with ads. Does anyone have a solution they're happy with? I mostly watch content from major streaming services and stream media from my NAS. I have a raspberry pi 4 that's not in use right now, I tried to get it working as a set top box, but couldn't get DRM content to work so I went back to the shield.

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[–] paf@jlai.lu 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not the answer you are waiting but there is something wrong with your shield, I have a 2015 and 2019 Shield and both are just very good even if the first one has nearly 10 years

[–] ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah I'm not super surprised... It used to work well when I bought it back in '17 but it's become worse and worse with updates.

[–] paf@jlai.lu 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Have you tried a Factory reset?

[–] ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I feel like I did at one point, but I should probably try again

[–] paf@jlai.lu 1 points 22 hours ago

And if that's doesn't work, message me and we will try to solve this out