XPost: uk.tech.digital-tv, uk.d-i-y   
   From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Thu, 19 Dec 2024, Rich wrote:   
      
   > In comp.misc Chris J Dixon  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Am I missing something, or is this simply something I am stuck   
   >> with?   
   >   
   > You are likely stuck with it, given that a "smart tv" controls you,   
   > rather than the other way around.   
   >   
   > Consider downloading the items you want to watch from youtube   
   > (https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) and then setting up a playback   
   > system for the downloads.  Then you will be in control of every aspect   
   > of the display and playback of the downloaded files.   
   >   
      
   Pro tip! If you want to liberate yourself from your smart-TV, go and get   
   yourself a Radxa Zero and run Kodi on it.   
      
   That way you can turn off all the smarts on the TV, and just view the   
   stuff you want to view through the Radxa single board computer.   
      
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