Need help deciding how to stream movies - eviltoast

Ahoy!

I recently got a new TV and I need some advice on how to best take advantage of my setup.

My current setup: I have an old laptop as my homeserver. I have Pihole on it. I also have setup a VPN with Gluetun that other docker containers are using. To watch movies I have a Kodi + Real Debrid setup on my actual laptop and I would use that with an HDMI cable to watch movies on my old TV.

What has changed now is that I have an Android TV, and to be perfectly honest it was a bit of a hassle to use the laptop to watch stuff especially TV shows because between each episode I would have to get up and use the laptop to play the next episode, and I have to set up my laptop each time because it’s my main device and I need to take it with me everywhere. I have the Kore app on my phone but that wouldn’t work if my VPN is running on either my phone or laptop, which usually is the case.

From what I read, the simples solution would be setting up stremio on the TV with RD and ditch the VPN. However I would prefer if there was a way to route the traffic through VPN. Do you guys know any better solutions?

Thanks in advance for your help. P.S. Cat pic for your troubles

  • Beegzoidberg@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Personally, I bought a cheap tower PC and air mouse to be a full time torrent/streaming setup for my TV. I love it!

      • Beegzoidberg@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        5 months ago

        I spent up a bit on a refurbished one at $130, but the other commenter is right that they can be in the $60-$100 range

          • Beegzoidberg@beehaw.orgEnglish
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            5 months ago

            I respect that it’s a pain getting up change it (where I recommend the air mouse) as well as the pain of having to plug it all back in, so it makes sense that you don’t want to move your streaming computer constantly and you don’t want to buy another one. Best of luck figuring out what works for you

      • emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Just buy an air mouse for $20 and you don’t have to get up to change episodes. Doesn’t help with having to unplug it from the hdmi all the time but that’s less of a hassle if you can just do it once when you start watching and then control everything from the couch.