Runs a Jellyfin client
Apps for typical streaming services like Disney+, which I won’t be able to get rid of yet (I have people in the house who love Disney).
Wi-Fi, ideally
remote control so that we can control it easily from the couch

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[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 17 points 5 days ago (9 children)

Raspberry Pi is British

[–] ghost@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (7 children)

Do you know of a good interface/OS/whatever for it that would allow easily using Jellyfin and Disney+ via a remote control?

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 points 5 days ago (4 children)

You can run Android on it. Then you have your pick of apps.

[–] ghost@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

That sounds promising. Any idea how I could remote control it, though?

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Get a USB dongle - you can probably use a generic one (I have one in my Xbox) but the Pi Hut has a few accessories which will be guaranteed to work. So pop this in and you should be able to use your old remotes.

[–] ghost@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago

Thanks, that looks promising 👍

[–] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 days ago

However one thing you need to be aware of, is that most apps will throttle your resolution to 720p with a setup like that.

There is basically no way to get proper streaming from these apps except by buying a completely premade android device, and then never ever messing with it.

The DRM system they use for this is called Widevine.

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