Editing Introduction to a Self Managed Life: a 13 hour & 28 minute presentation by FUTO software (section)

=== My weird computer ===

I don’t have a bedroom computer, home theater computer, office computer, etc. I have one computer that sits in my living room that I use for everything. I lived in an 1100 sq ft studio apartment for twelve years, so I had one PC for my 1 room home. This cube was my work computer, my video editing machine, my personal machine, my home theater PC; all in one.

'''What makes a good home theater PC is not what makes a good video editing workstation.''' For a home theater PC, you should have something like this:

* Very '''quiet'''
* Very '''cheap'''
* '''Pre-built''', because you have enough on your plate than to take time building a custom computer that rips blurays &amp; runs a pretty version of VLC
* '''Optical audio output''' If you don’t want to buy an external audio interface separately
* '''Power efficient''' so you aren’t taking 150-250 watts to play an mkv file
* '''Small pretty form factor''' that fits in with your living room perfectly

'''Above all, you don’t want it to look like a giant mess!'''

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==== My stoneage home theater software ====

I showed you what I use; a computer file explorer to browse to my video &amp; music files, and double click them to play them in VLC. There are several reasons this is horrible:

* '''File &amp; folder browsing.'''
** If your folders are a mess, it will be difficult to find your stuff.
** Immich tags photos by face &amp; description; we want something like this that’ll just make sense of our 160 terabytes of stuff.
* '''Blinding user interface'''.
** Computer operating systems are designed for use with a monitor right next to you, not a TV that is 3 meters away.
** You can change your display settings &amp; scaling, but making it work with a TV makes it awkward.
* '''Manual lookup of info''': finding ratings, credits, other info isn’t immediately accessible &amp; requires leaving the file explorer or VLC to find.

There’s nothing inherently '''''wrong''''' with this setup. It’s just not everyone’s cup of tea, so we’re going to set up something built for a home theater living room system. This can be done '''quickly and easily''' - unlike many other things in GNU/Linux!

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==== Beautiful software made for a living room Television ====

[https://kodi.tv/ Kodi] is a program that turns your computer into a polished home theater system for your living room TV.

* '''User-friendly interface''' designed for couch viewing. No need to squint or strain your eyes.
* '''Automatic library organization.''' Kodi scans folders &amp; files and turns the biggest messes into beautifully organized library of movies, shows, and music.

* '''Metadata integration.''' Kodi grabs information from online databases &amp; shows detailed summaries, artwork, &amp; ratings for movies, tv, and music.
* '''Open-source and offline-friendly.''' You can run Kodi without an internet connection, ensuring your ''legally ripped, totally un-copyrighted'' media collection remains private.

* '''Built-in song lyric support.''' Kodi automatically fetches &amp; displays lyrics for your music.
* '''Seamless playback with buffering.''' Kodi caches files so your media doesn’t stutter or skip, even if your server is slow or under heavy load.
* '''Effortless 4K playback.''' From high-bitrate h.264 to h.265, VC-1, or MPEG-2 files, Kodi can play anything you’ll encounter on the high seas or your personal bluray collection.

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==== Kodi takes minutes to install &amp; configure ====

[https://kodi.tv/ Kodi] software is made for a home theater PC; you on the couch, television eight feet away, &amp; it can be installed in 2 minutes or less using a GNU/Linux distribution called [https://libreelec.tv/ LibreELEC]. This is not a convoluted installation process. It’s so seamless you’ll almost forget you’re using open source software.

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==== Doesn’t my TV already do this? ====

You should be able to trust your television to play television and movies. That is what it is there for.

The year is 2025, and consumer protection in the United States''(&amp; many other countries)'' is a joke. Many modern televisions come pre-configured to sell your personal data, equipped with the ability to tell who you are and what you’re watching. LG is [https://privacy.us.lg.com upfront about it]. You will hear the argument that this is necessary to keep televisions affordable; this is made by simps for television manufacturers, or the television manufacturers themselves. Above you’ll see an image of the menu of an LG G3 OLED television. '''The LG G3 OLED television is configured, by default, to spy on &amp; sell the personal information of its user; even when purchased new, at full $3600 MSRP from an Authorized LG Dealer. You cannot remove these elements of its operating system. You thought you owned the television that you bought, but the television thinks it owns you'''.

You can use your television to play back media, but it is often highly restricted. Combine this with the fact that most, if not all, modern televisions come with spyware pre-installed that you cannot remove, and we’re not doing that. My television will go on the internet over my dead body.

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