I want to use my raspberry pi as a “streaming stick” connected to my tv to stream my Jellyfin library and self hosted invidious instance (not hosted on the pi). Any top recommendations on the right setup? I was considering LibreElec, but was wondering if there are any other more modern solutions.
Not sure if relevant, but RPi4 dropped HW decode for MPEG2 and VC1, I believe. Not a problem if things are in the right format (HEVC, H264), but something to possibly keep in mind.
ETA: I would also look at the HDMI CEC support of the software. I assume it will Just Work, but might search around to verify. (CEC is really useful IMHO but if your usage doesn’t involve the TV remote at all then maybe doesn’t matter much… though power on/input selection still could be nice.)
CEC is working well so that’s all handled! And my Jellyfin server takes care of any transcoding but most of my files are just able to be played directly.
Also new to this, would having GPU decode on the server allegivate the decode issue?
Not sure about Jellyfin, but Plex would transcode to a format supported by the client yes.
Thanks for the reply!
So long as the stream that the pi is receiving can be decoded in HW you’re fine. But if you’re streaming e.g. a raw VC1 Blu-ray rip, I think things will work much better on a pi 3 than 4 (though you still need to purchase the codec license for HW decode on a 3).
But yeah, if the server is transcoding to HEVC or h264 in real time (or again, the source material is already in that format), then the 4 should be good.
If your looking for a TV view of your content, osmc is amazing. It runs Kodi for the display and has other tools pre installed
I was thinking about doing something similar and was considering running Android on a Raspberry Pi. There are unofficial LineageOS builds for the Raspberry Pi. I haven’t tried that yet, but I guess it should be possible to use the Jellyfin Android app on such a setup.
