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Linux SBC for 4k HDR play-back
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I've been using a Vero V from the OSMC project. It runs Kodi and comes with a remote that's simple enough for my family to use. Kodi has been around for ages and is great for both local library content as well as add-on based content. The OS is based on Debian so you could run some other services on it. The SoC has support for AV1 hardware decoding (as well as all the older codecs) and can play 4K HDR10+ content to my TV without issues. There's also Dolby Vision support if your TV supports that. It's probably not the cheapest option but I wanted a small form factor and good UI that my family could use without having to be tech wizards.
I didn't know about this device. This looks very interesting. I need to check how's playback from Jellyfin in Kodi nowadays.
I was actually testing a Vero V earlier this evening!
The Jellyfin integrations with Kodi are (in my opinion) bad.
There's the veraion that syncs with Kodi's library, but the sync is super brittle.
There's the version that is more "Jellyfin app" (JellyCon), but it might be the slowest UI I've ever seen.
For me, Jellyfin just does not work well with Kodi.
Ok, thank you for the info. I will probably stick to Android TV for now then.
Worth noting that Kodi is available as a flatpak. You could just try it on nearly any Linux distro.
Can you install different OSes. Or are you limited to the vendor provided build of osmc?