Apple TV vs Firestick for pirated movies and series? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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(Repost ish, from Technology), So I just bought a new telly and to my surprise, not, the OS is rather bad and has very limited amount of apps. Therefore I'll invest further in either Apple TV or the Firestick. Anyone got any recommendations, tips or hot takes on this in terms of pirated content? Which is more accessible and I reckon both support Jellyfin?

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[-] ThetaDev@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

If you want to invest in new hardware, I would suggest getting a mini PC. You can get these refurbished for under 100€. Add a wireless keyboard with touchpad (Logitech K400 or Microsoft Media Keyboard) and install Linux+Kodi.

You can select Kodi in your login manager to start straight into Kodi, so you dont have to mess with a desktop environment if you just want to watch a movie.

KDE is also developing a desktop environment for TVs called Plasma Bigscreen, although I haven't tried this one.

And unlike devices with a locked down, proprietary OS you can run any desktop application or game on it (if the hardware supports it).

[-] LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Nice alternative! Ill for sure look into Plasma Bigscreen 👍

[-] CaptainStrider@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

What OS do you recommend installing beside Kodi? I'd be curious to learn about how the bypass the login screen and boot straight into the software.

[-] ThetaDev@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I use Debian. If you install the kodi package, you also get the Kodi desktop environment installed.

On your login screen, you will find a menu to choose between different desktop environments. On lightdm you can open it by clicking the wrench icon in the top menubar.

There you can select Kodi and log into your system.