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0 pointsgrey_earthling5y ago0 comments

Tangent: what interface do you use instead of Kodi etc?

On my (Silverblue) laptop I've been using a simple video player (Celluloid), youtube_dl/get_iplayer/bashpodder, plus a bash script to select and play the “next” episode.

That works nicely for recorded/downloaded audio and video, but doesn't address live streams.

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TedDoesntTalk5y ago

I don’t use anything special: VLC instead of Celluloid. Web browser for YouTube, Netflix,, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, bbc iplayer (I use FoxyProxy UK proxy since I’m not in the UK), ITV.

I also have an HDTV antenna and use the Samsung remote to switch inputs for it, but it is rarely used (broadcast TV content just sucks where I am), although there is also locast.org if you like that.

That’s a lot of content for me, but I still sometimes use Stream.io (also with FoxyProxy VPN) to stream films from Pirate Bay instead of downloading.

And if I want to watch download/save something or watch content I already stored, I have a synology NAS that’s mounted over SMB ( or NFS?) for that. There’s also a DVD player in the ancient PC but we don’t use it (however VLC plays dvds just fine).

Honestly this is much more quality content than me or my family could ever consume.

The family does not mind the keyboards/touchpad interface for the TV even though they don’t know Linux... UI is so simple it does not matter.

I did increase font size even though it’s a 65-inch screen.

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