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Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads (www.lowpass.cc)

submitted 2 years ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Roku is exploring ways to show consumers ads on its TVs even when they are not using its streaming platform: The company has been looking into injecting ads into the video feeds of third-party devices connected to its TVs, according to a recent patent filing.

This way, when an owner of a Roku TV takes a short break from playing a game on their Xbox, or streaming something on an Apple TV device connected to the TV set, Roku would use that break to show ads. Roku engineers have even explored ways to figure out what the consumer is doing with their TV-connected device in order to display relevant advertising.

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[–] Napatwork@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are there major limitations of using a computer monitor as a TV if I plug another device into it (eg Apple TV) apart from the screen size?

I feel this would be a good way to go for small cheap TVs at least.

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[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Alright, time to stay with Google Chromecast. At least I know they inject me with ads in their apps

[–] Teknikal@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah now I'm never buying a roku I think when amazon eventually manages to wreck my cube (which they really seem to be trying to) I'll have to try something like a raspberry pi or maybe a small ryzen card.

I'm really not sure but The one thing I've decided is to take it out of another company's hands.

[–] Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

They'll have a hell of a time with that. My roku TCL's don't even know the internet exists over here.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

You've got a great UI Roku, but now stop being evil.

[+] iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] archomrade@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

A raspberry pi would probably do it honestly

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[–] antipiratgruppen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If it's just Jellyfin, a SBC (like RPi 3B+ or better) running LibreELEC (just enough OS for Kodi) with the Jellycon add-on would do the job.

(There's also the Jellyfin for Kodi add-on which integrates your Jellyfin media into the native Kodi library, but my success with that has been limited.)

Configure LibreELEC to auto-connect to your phone hotspot, then you'll be able to control it using the Jellyfin or Kore app for selecting the media, and the Kore app for more advanced Kodi remote control. In my experience, at least, Kore is better for configuring subs and audiostreams, and for fwd/rev and fine-grained seeking.

Actually, I thought that Jellycon as the solution would make it impossible to select the media to play from the Kore app, but I just noticed that it's actually possible:

In Kore, select "Addons" in the sidebar, tap "Jellycon", then navigate to the "Content" tab, and tap "Jellyfin libraries". This means that you can control it all from Kore! - though, imo, the media overview is a bit prettier in the Jellyfin app, but I think the trade-off is worth it for a more sleek solution. You'll only need the Jellyfin app or webapp for forcing library scannings, editing metadata and such.

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