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?

  • storm@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Thanks for all the advice! Thinking Flex-launcher might suit my needs. Kodi with the jellyfin plugin is my current setup, definitely should have said that lol. This works very well for watching movies but not the rest of what I’m looking for

  • one_knight_scripting@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I gotta give LibreElec a 👍. If your tv can do HDMI control, then using the remote to control Kodi works by default.

    Jellyfish plugin works incredibly easily too. YouTube, not so much. Google API is not up to spec.

    I would like to put in something that I over heard about the pi5, it apparently can run Android tv. Which would solve all your requirements.

    • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      2 days ago

      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

      • mosiacmango@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 days ago

        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.

          • mosiacmango@lemm.eeEnglish
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            1 day 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.

    • Moonrise2473@feddit.itEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Wow that seems awesome!

      I could finally purge windows from my htpc without my SO complaining about “what happened to this windows why it is weird, I’m hating it” even though I tried to give the windows look and feel to kde

      First I install that on windows with taskbar hidden, then one day when the SO gets used to this launcher instead of explorer.exe, I could replace the os