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Looking for a simple mini device that I can plug into TV for streaming stuff via browser/jellyfin and similar, with hdmi and control via bluetooth keyboard/mouse. What do you guys recommend?

Would this be powerful enough for example? https://www.komplett.no/product/1323029/pc-tilbehoer/stasjonaer-pc/acer-revo-box-mini-pc

EDIT: lemmy is awesome, thanks to you I'll save myself a ton of work and/or costly mistakes

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[–] belit_deg@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Honestly I’ve got the kids bedroom tv on a Pi 3 running LibrElec just fine. Kodi isn’t that resource intensive so it works great. But if you’re feeling fancy setting up a db to hold all your info so you can share it on multiple end really is nice. I love being able to stop a movie in the living room because I’m getting tired and pick it up in the bedroom at the exact same spot.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

The shared backend db with MariaDB was always janky for me. I switched to using Jellyfin for the backend, which tbf could be overkill if you just need the watch states synced.

[–] DoctorPress@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

If you ever want to buy raspberry pi, don't forget to get a cooler either passive or active. Those things gets hot quickly without a cooler.