{"slug": "libreelec", "name": "LibreELEC", "category": "os", "category_name": "Operating systems and desktop", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 4, "warners": 0, "score": 3.145, "rising": 1.67, "first": "2026-06-15", "latest": "2026-10-09", "why": "It is a no-effort built-in for LibreElec to use one of these outputs for video, while the other one is dedicated to high-res multichannel PCM audio.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "It is a no-effort built-in for LibreElec to use one of these outputs for video, while the other one is dedicated to high-res multichannel PCM audio.", "icon": true, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://libreelec.tv", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["LibreELEC"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 800370193, "item_id": 50023137, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50023137", "by": "burnedbyhell", "date": "2026-10-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "The basic install of Kodi on LibreELEC blocks the ads on YouTube.", "excerpt": "The basic install of Kodi on LibreELEC blocks the ads on YouTube. I left Roku after using it for a long time, and the experience with Kodi is far better. Simple setup, too. For mobile, I use NewPipe which allows background YouTube as well. Might not work for everyone but I never see an ad on YouTube.", "context": "", "use_case": "running Kodi on TV", "switched_from": "", "story": "Sorry, I'm in a meeting"}, {"id": 793836288, "item_id": 49614768, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49614768", "by": "slackfan", "date": "2026-09-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "the CM4 running libreELEC does everything I need and then some", "excerpt": "MultiSync P495, with the additional daughter card for the RPI CM4. As far as regular TV duties, the CM4 running libreELEC does everything I need and then some. The HDMI-CEC was flaky at one point, but from my research on it regular consumer TVs suffer from the same problem. If anything I'm more limited by the CM4's output, less the display itself. Tradeoffs: I wanted to control my stack with minimal cabling pretty mu", "context": "", "use_case": "TV media center", "switched_from": "", "story": "LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby"}, {"id": 776789984, "item_id": 48549374, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48549374", "by": "ssl-3", "date": "2026-06-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It is a no-effort built-in for LibreElec to use one of these outputs for video, while the other one is dedicated to high-res multichannel PCM audio.", "excerpt": "I use LibreElec on a Raspberry Pi 4, though it doubtless also works well on a Pi 5 (and the cheapest one with 1 GB of RAM is probably plenty). It does great with local [networked] media and that's all I use it for. There's a million plugins for other things, some dating back to the XBMC days on the OG Xbox 20+ years ago, that others may find utility in... but for regular commercialized streaming I just use a $25 Chro", "context": "has an old AV receiver", "use_case": "local media playback on Raspberry Pi", "switched_from": "", "story": "Fox to Buy Roku Streaming Service in $22B Deal"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "ssl-3", "context": "has an old AV receiver", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48549374", "date": "2026-06-15"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["running kodi on tv", "tv media center", "local media playback on raspberry pi", "running kodi on an sbc"], "compared": [{"slug": "kodi", "name": "Kodi", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48540499", "title": "Fox to Buy Roku Streaming Service in $22B Deal", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50018088", "title": "Sorry, I'm in a meeting", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49612329", "title": "LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {"neutral": 1, "recommend": 1}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-10": {"recommend": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 800370193, "item_id": 50023137, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50023137", "by": "burnedbyhell", "date": "2026-10-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "The basic install of Kodi on LibreELEC blocks the ads on YouTube.", "excerpt": "The basic install of Kodi on LibreELEC blocks the ads on YouTube. I left Roku after using it for a long time, and the experience with Kodi is far better. Simple setup, too. For mobile, I use NewPipe which allows background YouTube as well. Might not work for everyone but I never see an ad on YouTube.", "context": "", "use_case": "running Kodi on TV", "switched_from": "", "story": "Sorry, I'm in a meeting"}, {"id": 793836288, "item_id": 49614768, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49614768", "by": "slackfan", "date": "2026-09-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "the CM4 running libreELEC does everything I need and then some", "excerpt": "MultiSync P495, with the additional daughter card for the RPI CM4. As far as regular TV duties, the CM4 running libreELEC does everything I need and then some. The HDMI-CEC was flaky at one point, but from my research on it regular consumer TVs suffer from the same problem. If anything I'm more limited by the CM4's output, less the display itself. Tradeoffs: I wanted to control my stack with minimal cabling pretty mu", "context": "", "use_case": "TV media center", "switched_from": "", "story": "LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby"}, {"id": 776789984, "item_id": 48549374, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48549374", "by": "ssl-3", "date": "2026-06-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It is a no-effort built-in for LibreElec to use one of these outputs for video, while the other one is dedicated to high-res multichannel PCM audio.", "excerpt": "I use LibreElec on a Raspberry Pi 4, though it doubtless also works well on a Pi 5 (and the cheapest one with 1 GB of RAM is probably plenty). It does great with local [networked] media and that's all I use it for. There's a million plugins for other things, some dating back to the XBMC days on the OG Xbox 20+ years ago, that others may find utility in... but for regular commercialized streaming I just use a $25 Chro", "context": "has an old AV receiver", "use_case": "local media playback on Raspberry Pi", "switched_from": "", "story": "Fox to Buy Roku Streaming Service in $22B Deal"}, {"id": 776767409, "item_id": 48547963, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48547963", "by": "aidenn0", "date": "2026-06-15", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I ran it with LibreELEC on a random ARM SBC at first", "excerpt": "Kodi has a decent Jellyfin client. I only switched away from it because streaming services would break periodically. I ran it with LibreELEC on a random ARM SBC at first, then switched to using a NUC with a standard linux distro. The Pulse8 CEC adapter is a must if you go the latter route. AppleTV with Infuse (note that Infuse is neither free as in \"beer\" nor \"speech\") is what I use now for Jellyfin and video content", "context": "", "use_case": "running Kodi on an SBC", "switched_from": "", "story": "Fox to Buy Roku Streaming Service in $22B Deal"}]}