Aotearoa / New Zealand @lemmy.nz Dave @lemmy.nz 11 mo. ago

Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 22/12/2023

Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!

Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!

Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.

So, how’s it going?

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My son, after watching a YouTube video where the Paw Patrol had a barbecue competition, decided that we needed to also get a BBQ - I was inclined to agree. So this morning I've headed out and bought the family the finest mid-price kettle that mitre 10 has to offer.

Now I can spend the Christmas break subjecting my family to my sure to be mediocre attempts at BBQing.
- What are you going to try cooking first?
  
  I'll probably just stick to the standard sausages and burgers to start with. I don't eat meat myself, but the kids do, so probably won't be doing anything too fancy.
  
  I am intrigued with the idea of using it as a pizza oven though
- Which one did you get?
  
  I ended up getting a Charmate Corona as it was far cheaper than the equivalent Webber, and is probably all I need as a beginner
Happy Summer Solstice Day everyone.
- Now we're on the downhill slope towards longer nights.
  When I'm prime minister, I will be banning all equinoxes, along with winter. It will be summer solstice ever day.
First day off, yay! I celebrated with a pain au chocolat for breakfast. No sleep in though, headed into town to pick up one last gift before things get busy. Now I'm kinda at a loss as to what to do with the rest of the day. Might just chill out and watch stuff. Maybe make some muffins.
Last day of work! Got a bit of reading to do today, which I should have plenty of time for as the one of the only people working

People start arriving for Christmas from tomorrow so I guess I better finish preparations.
- Had a bit of a busy end to the year at work, but we're finally there!
Just finished my last day of work for the year. Now I'm trying to make enchiladas. Very festive! I'm missing ingredients. Guess I will need to add more cheese to compensate.
- Great, enjoy!
I'm having a great day as my lemmy/kbin clone is finally functional enough that I can post this comment and have it show up on lemmy.nz!

Also 1 more meeting, then holidays.
- Hey that's pretty cool! The power of the fediverse, not only can you make your own instance, you can build your own software to participate!
Anyone got a suggestion for smart-ing a dumb TV? Preferably away from big tech and towards the self-hosted end of the spectrum.

Ability to play from Jellyfin, Netflix, Disney+, etc would be great.

Plus ability to control with a remote rather than keyboard & mouse that we currently use with the PC plugged into TV setup.
- I went through this a while back and ended up with a SmartVU a7070 which I highly recommend. Main features for me were:
  
  I still wanted freeview satellite connection, which this has and is all set up for out of the box
  
  certified by Google play/Netflix. Virtually all of the cheap ones off aliespress and the like aren't certified for Netflix, so they are apparently limited to low playback resolutions.
  
  It's not quite away from big tech being an android TV box and all, but I've been able to sideload apps and it runs emby/jellyfin great. It has a good remote too, which runs off Bluetooth so you can still use mice/keyboards etc.
  
  Oooh, interesting! Yeah I kinda wanted to avoid Google but I will keep this on my potential options. I have heard the Jellyfin app for Android TV is bad, and people recommend Kodi with the Jellyfin add on. How have you found it?
  
  Virtually all of the cheap ones off aliespress and the like aren’t certified for Netflix, so they are apparently limited to low playback resolutions.
  
  Our TV only does 720p anyway 😆
- Gotta agree with shartedchocolate. I used to mess with the htpc’s, different IR and universal remotes back when kodi was still XBMC. I’m not sure if it’s changed now but, it was a lot of hassle back then.
  
  I’m just using a non 4K Apple TV for quite a few years now and it works seamlessly with my TV remote. If the TV has an ARC or eARC HDMI, it simplifies audio if you’re not using seperate speakers. Also it’ll turn on the ATV when it detects the TV is turned on to that source.
  
  Our TV is probably at least 10 years old (not sure exactly as it was a hand-me-down). So may not have newer technologies.
  
  The Apple TV path may work, but I'm now thinking instead of diving into something head first, I might instead use what I already have and install Kodi to try it out. It seems like wireless 2.4Ghz remotes with dongle are the popular option for connecting to Kodi rather than IR remotes, though after the comments here I'm hesitant to invest too much at this stage and will probably install Kodi on something I have already and test it with an Xbox controller.
- LTT just dropped a video on the various options for that sorta stuff on the tubes the other day.
  
  This one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdLnieL90d0
  
  I'll check it out when I get a chance, thanks!
- Honestly the big tech way is so much less headache than the other stuff. I've had a Chromecast and not apple tv and its quite decent. Most game consoles do the job really well too
  
  I've had a Chromecast and not apple tv and its quite decent.
  
  The main thing that bugs me about my Chromecast is the gradual loss of functionality over time, presumably as a part of planned obsolescence or deliberately crippling features to make you pay for premium options.
  
  Next time I need to replace/upgrade something, I think I'm just going to skip streaming at all and just hide a full desktop somewhere and pirate everything.
  
  I don't mind headaches 😄. We don't have any game consoles (and none planned for Christmas). I was thinking of setting up Kodi or something but I'm not sure how the remote would work in with that.

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