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Peertube

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A free software to take back control of your videos

Peertube is an open, federated alternative to Youtube without advertising or tracking. On this site, you can find a good Peertube instance, with good rules, good moderation and most importantly a friendly community.

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Will there ever be a PeerTube TV app (official or third-party)? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by Teknevra@lemmy.world to c/peertube@lemmy.ml
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I know Framasoft is a much smaller team compared to something like Google, so developing an official TV app might be outside their current resources.

But what about potential third-party developers?

A while back, there used to be (if I remember correctly) at least two third-party PeerTube apps available for ROKU, but I can’t seem to find them anymore.

Does anyone know what happened to them, and if there’s any chance we’ll see something like that again (Official or Third-Party) for ROKU, Fire TV, Apple TV, or other smart TV platforms?

Also — if anyone here is already working on a TV app for PeerTube, please share!

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[–] singingflame42@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

FWIW, if you have a Fire TV, Peertube seems to work in Silk. Well, mostly. I couldn't get thumbnails to play, but the video itself ran smoothly on its own page.

[–] Teknevra@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't use Fire TV.

I use ROKU.

And I have a SAMSUNG, which I already have the app installed on.

[–] singingflame42@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm not sure about Roku. I brought up the Fire Stick because that's what I have, and you were asking about other streaming platforms, too. I suppose you could try loading something on your TV's browser and see if it works? It'd probably be super clunky but it would do until there's a dedicated app.