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What is everyone using as a HTPC? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have a couple of TVs that I use HTPC appliances with. One's a shield TV and the other's a roku. I'm not super happy with either of them. The shield lags like crazy and apps crash constantly. The Roku is stable, but can't decode h265 or av1. Both at riddled with ads. Does anyone have a solution they're happy with? I mostly watch content from major streaming services and stream media from my NAS. I have a raspberry pi 4 that's not in use right now, I tried to get it working as a set top box, but couldn't get DRM content to work so I went back to the shield.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I use a Beelink with an N100. Runs PopOs. I use Plex HTPC on it. Hardware decoding isnt working at the moment but it plays everything fine except HDR content so I'm avoiding that at the moment. Pass through audio work perfectly. I also stream sports on it, play mini games and roms with my kids using Lutris, and Moonlight for the more demanding games.

I used to use Kodi/LibreElec on it but that was such a miserable experience. Constant crashing and (3 or 4 times per day) inconsistent glitchy audio passthrough. The plex integration does mostly work but would also occasionally crash resulting in my stuff not syncing back to the server for days. Playback worked perfectly though.

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

I use PopOS too. Switched to Bazzite though for htpc. HDR works out of the box, and added Plex htpc as a "game" that I launch from steam.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

What's your hardware for your HTPC? Does hardware decoding work in Plex HTPC flatpak for you?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

I honestly don't know if it's working... I'll have to see. It's worked flawlessly for me, HDR and 4k haven't needed transcoding and I store the raw format. I went all out on that machine, 5000 series AMD cpu and a 6900XTX for hardware. It drives my TV, I wanted the experience to be better than a desktop. (To family, frame drops on a computer are normal, but consoles give "perfect" 60fps even though we all know it's just tricks, so I had to drop big for it)