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minus-squaredanielfgom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·1 year agoThe problem is that YouTube app and F1 app are Android only so having a Linux media box won’t help. It needs to run Android to run Android apps. Plus I like to use Chromecast, we use it all the time to send YouTube videos from our phones to the big screen.
minus-squarehikaru755@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoWhat’s wrong with using YouTube in a browser?
minus-squaredanielfgom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoCan’t control it from my phone. Would need a mouse. At least I’m tech minded. My wife isn’t and there is no way she would stand for using a mouse and browser on the TV.
minus-squareCeeBee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoGet a media centre remote. Works great. And if you have an Android phone use KDE Connect. There’s a Windows version now also, and you can do just about everything with it.
minus-squarehikaru755@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoAh, right, makes sense. I’m using a steam controller (or any other controller with steam, honestly) instead of a mouse, which works well enough
The problem is that YouTube app and F1 app are Android only so having a Linux media box won’t help. It needs to run Android to run Android apps.
Plus I like to use Chromecast, we use it all the time to send YouTube videos from our phones to the big screen.
What’s wrong with using YouTube in a browser?
Can’t control it from my phone. Would need a mouse. At least I’m tech minded. My wife isn’t and there is no way she would stand for using a mouse and browser on the TV.
Get a media centre remote. Works great.
And if you have an Android phone use KDE Connect. There’s a Windows version now also, and you can do just about everything with it.
Ah, right, makes sense. I’m using a steam controller (or any other controller with steam, honestly) instead of a mouse, which works well enough