> Or roll my own, but I've tried that and found it pretty difficult.

I agree, there seem to be no good options for this. You can use Kodi or whatever, but I want something that supports playing my ... totally legally acquired content... and Netflix/Disney/iPlayer/etc. In a package that's silent and low power.

Doesn't seem to exist unfortunately. I guess the closest is Nvidia Shield. You can apparently still sideload APKs onto that... for now. I'll buy one when they release an update. I'm patient!

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CrimsonCape 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah, this space seems pretty sparse. Some of the Radxa SBCs are getting closer to a hardware solution for your vision, but there isn't real mainstream software. A self-hosted DNLA server is probably the most realistic option but DNLA has seemed to fall by the wayside in favor of paid streaming and plex/jellyfin.

That said, Tailscale did not exist when DNLA was popular, and DNLA over Tailscale seems a really promising non-jellyfin avenue.

Ultimately the problem will be lack of hardware decoders and poor interop with Dolby, DTS, etc.

https://bret.dk/radxa-dragon-q8b-a-laptop-cosplaying-as-an-s...

	▲	IshKebab 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think the problem is that legit apps like Netflix are super restrictive about what they'll run on. Even if you just do it through a browser you need to be using Chrome on Windows or whatever or they'll restrict you to 720p.

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presbyterian 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If you’re already DIYing, set up a Jellyfin server and then any of the streaming boxes will work.

	▲	pickleglitch 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Jellyfin is great, but it is solving a different problem entirely.

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NetMageSCW 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Apple TV.

	▲	IshKebab 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Fine for Netflix etc. but it's not going to let you run bittorrent or whatever without a lot of pain.