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eyesaremosaics@eyesaremosaics@lemmy.zip

Stick PC for a media client?

Are mini stick PCs practical to set up as a media player, eg with jellyfin? Some advantages are the small form factor that plugs straight into the HDMI port, and flexibility/privacy vs using a dongle from a shitty company like amazon/google/roku.

Are there any things to watch out for to ensure it has enough compute power and hardware decoding? I just want it to play HD video with a jellyfin app/browser page.

I’m assuming it’s no big deal to install Linux on (x86 hardware?), do you need to watch out for specific device support? Thanks

cRazi_man@cRazi_man@europe.pub

Replying to @⁨CCMan1701A@startrek.website⁩

They’re surprisingly expensive for what they are. I’ve been shopping for broken laptops like that for ages to use as an emulation console for my kids. Ended up going with a NUC/mini PC and that’s got a smaller footprint, better cooling, better IO and tends to be quieter.

Edited ⁨⁨Aug⁩ ⁨26⁩, ⁨2026⁩, ⁨00:32⁩⁩en