Users are unimpressed, eager to toss devices if test sticks.

Users are unimpressed, eager to toss devices if test sticks.

  • PieMePlenty@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    7 hours ago

    Ive never looked into it but how viable is a raspberry pi zero for this? I mean, is the hardware powerful enough and is there software available for easy TV use? Potentially paired with an android bluetooth remote.

    • Phoonzang@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      7 hours ago

      Tried this with streaming from the cable box, and it did not work really well. Upgraded to a Pi 4, which now runs a full Kodi MediaCenter and is connected via Gigabit Ethernet to the cablebox. I use a Logitech harmony with an IR USB dongle, which was a bit clunky to get to work because it’s old, there’s probably much easier Bluetooth solutions available, or you can just use your phone as remote. All in all I fiddled around an afternoon to get the whole thing to work, there’s tons of how tos on the web.