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Launcher Recomendtion for media center (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I have a raspberry pi 4 connected to the TV that I want to use for a couple different apps (jellyfin client, YouTube, display foundry battle maps) and am looking for a launcher application that could switch between these. Ideally it could be controlled by HDMI CEC (or whatever it's called). Does anyone have suggestions for this?

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I know Kodi running the Jellyfin plugin on LibreELEC works great on a Pi. I'm not entirely sure if/how Kodi supports YouTube, but there are so many plugins available it seems like it must.
https://libreelec.tv/

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    YouTube support is unfortunately spotty, via the YouTube addon that they are in a constant cat and mouse game with Google. It often makes my pi overheat because of the nonsense it has to do.

    I wish libreelec could launch a browser with Firefox, ublock, and sponsorblock

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    It is cat and mouse, but it has an issue maybe every year or so, and they generally resolve it same day or next day with an app update. The hardest part is generating your own google api keys, but there are straightforward guides and you just need to do it once.

    The upside? No ads at all, sponsorblock integration, and an easy 10ft interface that works great with a remote. No shitty web site to navigate with a mouse. Just a list of your videos each day. Click and play.

    I cant speak to your overheating issues. I have kodi running on 4gb raspi 5s with the default case/fan. No problems. An external usb fan might help you out. I've used one of these with a raspi in the past. Its roughly the same size as the raspi, but dead silent. Moves insane air.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    How do you get sponsorblock to integrate? You're talking about anxdpanic's YouTube addon right? https://github.com/anxdpanic/plugin.video.youtube/releases

    I think maybe YouTube a/b tests us so it works better for some people. For me it often crashes, I assume due to overheating on my raspi 4.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    Yup, that's the one. The sponsorblock app integrates directly with the youtube app. I don't recall any config at all. Its made by siku2.

    I've had the youtube app crash, but its infrequent and mainly seems to have something to do with it starting a new video without stopping a currently playing one.

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