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[-] a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

For all of Apple’s faults, their Apple TV is pretty decent. A home screen with apps on them; no ads. It’s great

[-] Ilikecheese@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

God, if I could just install SmartTube and Kodi/Stremio on an Apple TV, I’d convert in a heartbeat. Until then, I’ll keep my Shield TV Pro.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Install libreelec onto a raspberry pi 4. Its a Linux OS that automatically boots into Kodi.

Kodi has an ad free youtube addon, which you can augment with a sponsorblock addon to skip in video ads.

If you have plex or jellyfin they intergrate really well with kodi. For plex, use plexkodiconnect, for jellyfin, use the jellyfin kodi app.

Flirc has a great remote if you go with the above called the skip.

[-] JeffKerman1999@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago
[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Flirc has a great remote if you go with the above called the skip.

[-] Ilikecheese@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I used to be into that sort of tinkering and custom install/configuring of all sorts of software. I probably still have 2-3 flircs in a drawer somewhere.

These days I just want to be able to buy something, plug it in, and have it work. The idea of installing a plex/jellyfin server and a custom OS on a pi might as well be the same as getting a 4 year degree at this point. I’m sure it works out great for loads of people, but it’s definitely not something I’m interested in.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Id say youre a handful of YouTube videos away from getting the above done, but if you aren't interested that's no problem.

[-] Ilikecheese@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

It’s not the knowledge that I need, it’s mostly the time and desire to set up all that stuff and maintain it and keep it working and constantly needing to track what the latest and greatest version of whatever platform or software that is out there. It’s the same reason I don’t jailbreak my phone or hack my consoles anymore. Sometimes it’s nice to just buy a thing that works out of the box and use it as its intended.

[-] teichflamme@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I used Kodi for almost a decade and switched to firetv because add-ons were breaking constantly. Netflix worked maybe 20% of the time.

[-] TwanHE@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Chromecast with stremio is still the perfect streaming setup for me, now if only the voice recognition on the remote was a bit less shit.

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

Chromecast with stremio

Just so that people are aware, from stremio's privacy policy...

The analytics technology we use is Google Analytics. To learn more about Google Analytics and your privacy, visit https://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics you can use various browser addons such as https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout or https://www.ghostery.com/ .

[-] loki_d20@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

If only it didn't require me to buy a newer iPhone or iPad to validate my account.

[-] a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pretty sure you don’t need one. I’ll look into it later tonight and get back to you though

Edit: tried resetting my Apple TV with a throw away account not linked to other Apple devices. Worked fine

[-] loki_d20@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In order to update my Apple TV, they tell me I have to have a newer phone.

Similar to: https://www.reddit.com/r/appletv/comments/ys4z35/apple_tv_is_now_unusable_without_an_iphone/

Now you can use it, but guess what is required for future app updates? Later OS updates. It's a trap.

[-] a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don’t know how to fix your problem but I am curious about it.

I assume you have an old iPhone tied to your iCloud account. What happens if you untie that phone and wait like a day (some iCloud stuff is weird and can take about 24 hours to update server side info)

[-] IamAnonymous@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can enter the credentials manually. I just did it few weeks ago.

[-] IamAnonymous@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Are you the OP in that post? This screen comes up when you add an Apple ID. I recently signed out of my Apple TV and got the same screen. I used the physical remote and entered my credentials. I didn’t need to use my phone, even though that was an option. Maybe this was an issue with iOS 16 as the post is a year old.

[-] lemann@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

Well that's destroyed any interest I may have had in them

[-] IamAnonymous@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

That information is incorrect.

Agree 100% with this, and I’ve tried most all of them.

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