Probably not directly helpful, but Nix packages for Chromium and Electron apps are set up so that you can switch to native Wayland mode globally by setting an environment variable, NIXOS_OZONE_WL=1
I don’t know of any global setting that isn’t distro-specific.
I honestly don’t know anything about OSMV OSMC besides what I just read on their site.
Streaming services are gonna be an issue. I’m guessing you’re going to have to hope kodi addons are working. If you happen to find one that works, at best you will get 1080p, probably 720p depending on the service.
Everyone has their preferences. But ya just need to throw a Roku / Google / AppleTV behind it.
Yeah that’s what I’m worried about. I just want an open source version of my smart TV that doesn’t have stupid ads on the home screen and trackers and works near flawlessly without all the fuss
“Smart TVs” usually suck as the manufacturers tend to put in the cheapest internals that have very little future proofing/longevity.
You’re going to be infinitely better off getting some kind of android TV box (the ONN 4k from Walmart runs Google TV and it’s usually around $20) and just using the “Smart TV” as a display.
I’ve had my fill of proprietary media boxes. I have a box full of them somewhere. Eventually they fall behind in codecs and protocols and processing power and updates and they become useless.
I guess I’ll bite the bullet and install Kodi in a container…
Over the years I have used OSMC for my TV. I have never used it for streaming however always internal across the network streaming of my own content. It worked reasonably well for the most part although I have had issues with Samba in recent versions and have stopped using it. I can’t say much about its streaming, mostly for that you need a supported android or similar device rather than an open source one.
I’ve been using a Raspberry Pi 400 with LibreELEC installed. Mostly watch 4K HDR Blu-ray Remuxes that I have on another machine with a Samba server. Works really well for me.
Another good option would be to have Jellyfin on a media server and cast to the TV or use the TV directly if it has a Jellyfin app (I know there are official apps for Roku and WebOS (LG)). Jellyfin is similar to Plex but open-source and fully local (no need for an external account).
Of course, this is only works for local media. For streaming, just use a Chromecast.
on a totally different system and different app i had similar issues after an update. my solution was to run the app with a java version closer to what it was compiled for, which is not helpful for you. however, i think it was related to gtk/gnome libs having been updated (the app was using the file picker with gtk “look and feel”)
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