I’ve seen a couple articles about an android tv alternative and it’s got me thinking about a streaming box again. A while back i gave kodi a try and didn’t care for the experience. Granted, it was on a pi so expectations were low but it missed the mark for me. This time around i’ve got a modest nuc with proxmox i was thinking of moving to the living room and standing up a fresh vm of kodi to stream to.
I could just access the files over the network but i’m already running both plex and jellyfin so why not use either for my watch history. All that being said is kodi still my best bet?
Why proxmox? At some point down the road i’d like to get a capture card in the mix to stream games and that feels like the most flexible way to do everything.
Just tried out Kodi on Android but I’m sorry, the app sucks. No native addon browsing, the keyboard is custom but incredibly small on my phone, navigation is weird, there’s no back button and my main buttons on the phone get hidden so I always have to manually show them again. The design is unappealing and for some reason it really wants access to my devices microphone.
Literally the worst one I’ve tried and I didn’t even get to the video player, which everyone says stops working every once in a while.
well it’s really developed to be a 10ft interface, so yeah the touch controls aren’t ideal. handles just the same as it does on TV, on a phone with a remote or game controller though?
i just use the individual streaming apps on the phone if it’s in my hands.
the OP asked for a device recommendation, My point was that it can be any device that runs the same program that works easily from the TV.
all these windows 10 PC’s going in the dumpster soon could be given a new life with LibreELEC.
but i am curious though, are there other single apps on phone that work better with local media and streaming services?
I know on Android jellyfin in particular has a native app but also findroid, which is not world changing but good enough.