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I want to try to set up a Raspberry Pi I have as a smart TV box and I was hoping I could find some advice.

My main requirements are:

  • can run Moonlight
  • can be controlled from a Bluetooth game controller (that should also work in Moonlight)

What would be nice:

  • can run VLC or Plex or something
  • can support AirPlay
  • can be used for some actual streaming services like Netflix

Any suggestions?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why do you have Plex and Jellyfin?

[–] chronicledmonocle 19 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

With Plex banning people with large pirated libraries and their opt-out "watch reports" stuff, they're showing signs of enshittification. I setup Jellyfin as a alternative option for my library just in case. I even have a domain and HAProxy handling TLS offload for Jellyfin.

I'm a Plex Pass Lifetime subscriber, but I like Jellyfin a lot. Once they get the HTPC experience a bit more polished, I might fully move to it and retire Plex, but I'm hanging onto Plex for now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

The lifetime subscriber bit makes a lot of sense. I didn't have a Plex Pass and ditched them last year when the enshittifcation became worse than the effort to move everything over to Jellyfin. Basically swapped overnight once I was committed.

[–] chronicledmonocle 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Yeah I have 40+ family members and friends who access my library through Plex.....it's going to be a much more bumpy ride for me and that's basically why I have this transition period.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

That's super fair, I only have the people under my roof :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Holy shit. Hats off to you for 40 person media management.

I would absolutely not want to take that on 😅

[–] manmachine 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

As I see it, they are close to parity on the video/shows side, but the music thing on Jellyfin is severely lacking for me. PlexAmp and all the special mix and radio features are where it's at for me, and so far I don't know of an open alternative to that.

[–] chronicledmonocle 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah I barely use Plex for music, so I haven't run into this much. I use mine for TV and Movies pretty much exclusively.

[–] Snapz 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wish i knew what "HAProxy handling TLS offload" meant.

[–] EntropyPure 5 points 6 months ago

Basically a pair of bouncers at the door to your Home Network whose specific purpose is to manage the flow of guests from outside (the internet) to your club (media server with library).