Are mini stick PCs practical to set up as a media player, eg with jellyfin? Some advantages are the small form factor that plugs straight into the HDMI port, and flexibility/privacy vs using a dongle from a shitty company like amazon/google/roku.
Are there any things to watch out for to ensure it has enough compute power and hardware decoding? I just want it to play HD video with a jellyfin app/browser page.
I’m assuming it’s no big deal to install Linux on (x86 hardware?), do you need to watch out for specific device support? Thanks
Haha. My brain went the same direction you did - After reading the post text, I thought OP was probably might be looking to use the device as a standalone media player, not just client. I hadn’t noticed that OP specified “Client” in the title.
Well, there you go. I’m glad I plowed the field and saved you the embarrassment. LOL