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Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line (www.theverge.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Me - Ok Google, give me a open source way to turn my raspberry pi into a 4k streaming box.

Google - Got it. Playing Tyler Swift on living room tv

Me - wtf?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

HardKernel makesa a few ODROID models that come with available Android TV builds. Some have the same chipset as the AMLogic on the CCwGTV 4K and they aren't terribly expensive. If I wanted an open source Chromecast replacement I'd go for that.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

KDE Plasma Big screen looks promising. Combine it with TV friendly apps like Jellyfin and plasma tube, and it should be pretty competitive and actually receive updates.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for mentioning KDE Plasma Big Screen it's an interesting attempt. It's written in Qt, like many of the TV UIs today anyway. I need to check it out.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Yeah, I'm thinking of trying it out once my fan less N100 box arrives from china. Should have much better AV1 performance and subtitle rendering performance than my Google TV.

I had a "fun" experience the other month with my Google TV where it was refusing to connect to my Jellyfin server. Turns out Google hasn't updated the HTTPS CAs in over 2 years, and it was no longer compatible with the latest Let's Encrypt X2 certificates which was announced back in 2020. Android TV has some good apps, but it is a software, ads, and security nightmare.