I want to use my raspberry pi as a “streaming stick” connected to my tv to stream my Jellyfin library and self hosted invidious instance (not hosted on the pi). Any top recommendations on the right setup? I was considering LibreElec, but was wondering if there are any other more modern solutions.

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    1 year ago

    Not sure if relevant, but RPi4 dropped HW decode for MPEG2 and VC1, I believe. Not a problem if things are in the right format (HEVC, H264), but something to possibly keep in mind.

    ETA: I would also look at the HDMI CEC support of the software. I assume it will Just Work, but might search around to verify. (CEC is really useful IMHO but if your usage doesn’t involve the TV remote at all then maybe doesn’t matter much… though power on/input selection still could be nice.)

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      1 year ago

      CEC is working well so that’s all handled! And my Jellyfin server takes care of any transcoding but most of my files are just able to be played directly.

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        So long as the stream that the pi is receiving can be decoded in HW you’re fine. But if you’re streaming e.g. a raw VC1 Blu-ray rip, I think things will work much better on a pi 3 than 4 (though you still need to purchase the codec license for HW decode on a 3).

        But yeah, if the server is transcoding to HEVC or h264 in real time (or again, the source material is already in that format), then the 4 should be good.