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

    • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 hours ago

      Ahh, I missed that. So that would explain all the downvotes with no explanations why. Thank you for bringing that to my attention.

      • Nimrod@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 hours ago

        Haha. My brain went the same direction you did - After reading the post text, I thought OP might be looking to use the device as a standalone media player, not just client. I hadn’t noticed that OP specified “Client” in the title.

        • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          5 hours ago

          Well, there you go. I’m glad I plowed the field and saved you the embarrassment. LOL

        • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          6 hours ago

          Pay no attention to the old fart yammering on. I’m surprised I didn’t throw in a couple ‘well, back in my day’. lol I hope you get it all worked out tho.