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How to pair mini PC with streaming services to stream on dumb TV? (midwest.social)

submitted 2 weeks ago by clark@midwest.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Basically title. How does one go about pairing third party services like streaming services to a mini PC so that you can stream it on your dumb / degoogled TV? I don't really know how TVs work, much less mini PCs, so if anybody could dumb it down for me I'd appreciate it. What does your setup look like, if you have a dumb TV (e.g running kodiTV without network connection)?

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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Take a TV, strap a mini PC like one of those BeeLink ones to the back (it comes with mounting hardware), plug an HDMI cable between them. Connect a wireless keyboard with trackpad, and congrats! You’ve got a big screen computer.

The next bits really depend on your technical know-how. What I did was wiped Windows from the PC and installed Linux, then installed Jellyfin and Firefox.

Jellyfin works as a media server so I can stream my own collection of videos/images anywhere im my home, and Firefox with uBlock Origin means I can log in to any streaming service I want, without the ads. And I can log into my (on-device) Jellyfin server the same way.

I’ve tried all the interfaces like XBMC/Kodi and Plesk etc. and find it’s more of a headache than just having a keyboard handy.

[–] clark@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Cool, cool. Do mini PCs come with an OS preinstalled? And what are some good wireless keyboard brands?

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

The Beelink ones come with Windows 11 Home; since this is a privacy community, it should be obvious that that’s not all that great for privacy.

For wireless keyboards; I just got a cheap Bluetooth one with a trackpad because I knew it would be abused.

[–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Your tv is a monitor. Treat it as such.

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

With a HDMI-CEC Adapter it could be, that you can even use your TV remote to control your PC/Kodi

Not sure if your TV supports it - as I'm not much of a TV guy and don't know, if you need any higher standard for that

But I'm quite happy with an old laptop + Kodi, linked up to my TV. Works quite well.
Only have to go through some audio settings for modern movies, where the sound mixing is usually not nice for dialogues...