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Can anyone suggest any self-built Apple TV alternatives (piefed.social)
submitted 2 days ago by djdarren@piefed.social to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I currently use an Apple TV 4K, which is - as far as I'm aware - more or less the best streaming box you can buy. However, it's the version without ethernet, and Steam Link has become a dog over wifi for some reason. So I figured I'd look around to see if there's an alternative solution.

Hardware-wise, I have a Dell Optiplex 3020 or a 2014 Mac mini (running Debian), to choose from, but have no real idea where to go from there, beyond the vague notion that KDE have put big screen mode back into beta. I did have a play with that a few months ago in a VM, but was struck that there were (obviously) no applications that made any real use of it.

Does anyone out there run anything they've built themselves? If so, what?

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[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I don't understand why people like AppleTV so much, we have one too.

It had the worst interface by far of any streaming or video player we use. Its like Apple went out of their way to make it unintuitive.

[–] magguzu@lemmy.pt 10 points 2 days ago

The interface is just apps, no ads. That's the appeal.

You can't install apps without the store and that really blows though.

The best combination is probably an Apple TV AND a Google Streamer or NVIDIA Shield. Im interested if a SteamOS box like the Steam Machine or a self built one can take over as the all in one though.

[–] 123@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

I have a puny NAS and never have to wonder if the media will need transcoding or what container or codec it uses, it just works using direct play.

[–] N0x0n@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 days ago

I feel you... AppleTV is probably the worst Apple product and OS ever made... Don't even try to tinker arround with that stuff.

Apple products in general are horse shit... Probably even worst than Windaube ! I'm always pulling my hair out when going near that stuff and help my parents out.