I recently found a very overpowered for the price mini-PC and I plan to use it to replace my Android TV box that is really starting to show its age.

I think I want something bazzite-like and probably immutable but more media focused than gaming, with already working and set up waydroid and remote control support.

Thanks in advance

  • @[email protected]
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    1 day ago

    Piggy backing on this post to ask those running a mini-PC on their TV: How tf did you get content to actually stream in full HD? Whenever I try to use the web browser to watch hockey games through YouTube TV, or some random show through Netflix, I’m limited to 720p. Is there a workaround for this?

    ETA I’m aware of an agent spoofer extension in Firefox, but it hasn’t solved this problem in my experience.

    • Daniel Quinn
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      79 hours ago

      Torrent stuff in HD or 4K and play those files instead of trying to stream from a company that won’t offer better than 720p :-)

      • @[email protected]
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        24 hours ago

        I figured this was the answer. It still makes me sad that I can’t legitimately stream content from the major streaming services in full HD on a regular laptop.

    • @[email protected]
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      17 hours ago

      I use flat Ubuntu on my projector with a palm keyboard with built-in thumb-ball. 1080p all day. It’s a normal PC after all.

      • @[email protected]
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        14 hours ago

        1080p all day. It’s a normal PC after all.

        Right, but which streaming services are you watching?

    • typhoon
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      No workaround as far as I’m aware. Commenting to follow others comments to learn if something changed in this area

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        23 hours ago

        Thinking out loud, is it possible to load the apps themselves (YouTube TV, Netflix, etc) onto Linux using an Android emulator?

        • @[email protected]
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          521 hours ago

          Don’t do Waydroid, its way too slow and buggy for what you’re wanting. I’d highly suggest Genymotion and have been using it on touchscreen 2in1s for a few months without issue, even with Play Store