I set up a Linux pc to replace my smart TV and add some gaming capabilites. It took some time but I learned quite a lot (Thanks to Debian and Arch wikis). And I haven’t missed any TV functionality.
The launcher is flex-launcher on a labwc environment/compositor on a Debian stable distro. (For testing and easy setup, I also did it on Ubuntu Gnome but I don’t need a full DE in the background that I don’t use. But it’s adaptable to other distros and DEs.)
It’s now fully usable with a gamepad including turning the TV on and off, so I have also fully replaced the TV remote.
I hope some people may find it interesting. It was also quite a lot of fun, actually.
Do you use any streaming services e.g. Netflix, HBO, etc.?
If so, are you just using PWA front ends? Or running APKs?
Very cool, what hardware are you using that supports CEC?
Looks awesome! Thanks for this post, I’ve been looking to ditch the GoogleTV but all I could find was Plasma Bigscreen and that’s not quite ready yet.
Thanks. bookmarked to read later.
I have a home theater PC and I was really interested in making it have a “TV interface”, but it turns out just the standard dash to dock (on the left), gsconnect, with big scaling and big icons works just fine, if not better :)
Interested in how you got power on/off to work - I thought Linux couldn’t support ARC due to licensing?
bump! Links etc would be great OP!
Powering on/off is part of HDMI-CEC, right? And its unsupported in both Windows and Linux due to most consumer GPUs not supporting it. I think you need a USB adapter to inject the CEC code into the HDMI cable to make it work.
Ah CEC yes…I’m confusing my TLAs. I should probably do some actual research.
Yooo that’s sick! Very cool
Neat!! How did you manage to get the gamepad functionality working?
Nice wallpaper. Do you mind to share?
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