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My i5 6600k will turn 10 years old this year. I’m fortunate because upgrading to 32 GB should keep it running for a while still.

Hell yeah, keep chugging little guy 🤘

If Android is okay, I’d recommend the ONN 4K Pro player from Walmart (if located in the U.S.) with some privacy caveats:

• Do as little with Google: Make a throwaway login if Google requires one to get the device started up. Try to avoid Google Play Store as much as possible. If privacy from Google isn’t a concern, feel free to use your Google account to download apps from the Google Play Store.
• Learn how to sideload apps: There are multiple ways to do this, like a USB drive or FTP server.
• Pick an alternate launcher: This will replace the default Android TV OS UI with one that has much more flexability and no ads. FLauncher and Projectivity are ones that I recommend to friends.

The final product is a modern streaming device with much more flexability than any other store-bought device. Building a HTPC with Linux is probably the true self hosted option. Personally, I’m able to afford some privacy sacrifices with Google for something that “just works.”

I haven’t used an ARM system, but docker might be the best bet? Get docker installed and find instructions for install Jellyfin and each arr program.

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/11654-is-it-possible-to-install-docker-fresh-latest-build/

If you’re in the U.S.:

1. Create a fake credit card with Privacy
2. Set the purchase limit to $0.
3. Create a temporary email
4. Start a 7-day trial on Medici.tv
5. Use a video downloading tool to grab what you want.

Truthfully, I don’t know if step 4 5 will be easy. I’ve used OBS to do screen records of encrypted content. But that takes a long time to do, so maybe there is more information out there about ripping web video?