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Re:Kodi: An Open Source Home Theater System by chrisjc on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @07:18AM (#29636639)
How does your Rpi connect to the TV, HDMI? How do you control the TV, through CEC?

Wondering why you wouldn't consider adding a NAS/SMB into the mix if you were adding a 2nd or 3rd head to the mix instead of syncing across disks?

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Re:Kodi: An Open Source Home Theater System by raffraffraff on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @08:59AM (#29637405)
I have a NAS, but it's old. Perfectly good as a backup though, so I keep the pi in sync with it.

As for the pi, it's connected straight to the TV's HDMI. It has a 7.1 USB audio that connects it to an ancient Yamaha receiver. I have no other media sources, and the TV is one of those digital signage models that has no smart features or tuners. So there's nothing complicated to do really. The Pi puts the screen to sleep when there's nothing playing.

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