DIYer picks a “little insane”-looking setup for less tracking, more control.

  • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org
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    3 months ago

    That’s basically my setup, lol. Except the laptop is just old but otherwise intact.

    Boots into OpenBox with some custom startup scripts to auto launch a fullscreen browser to my Emby server, a little python daemon I wrote to control various things (screen on/off, volume, etc) via MQTT, and some webhooks from Emby to tie it into my HomeAssistant.

    All my DVD/BR library has been ripped to my server, local OTA feeds in from my HD Homerun tuner, and can use my phone or anything with a web browser as a remote.

    I refuse to use my money to buy an ad platform.

    • anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 months ago

      Same buddy. I use a projector and a laptop with an air mouse and my ‘apps’ are just browser shortcuts set to auto open at specific urls in kiosk mode.

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        3 months ago

        Is there not an issue with the likes of streamers capping resolution on desktops? Maybe you dont use streamers at all.

        • anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          3 months ago

          Not a huge problem for me: they cap the resolution at 1080 but that’s what my projector does. Looks pretty good on my wall. Plus I only currently have HBO myself…but yeah 4k bluray/jellyfin looks just as good because the projector is the limiting factor anyway.