Looking for an htpc front end

asand1 · June 6, 2020

I have an Optiplex I put together as a budget gamer that I want to put into htpc service. E3-1270, 8gb RAM, RX 570. What would be a good front end for Netflix, Steam, Epic Games, and Crunchyroll?

circeseye · June 7, 2020

ive heard good things about "plex"

there are others like media portal, xbmc-openelec, and windows media center

but over all im betting people recommend plex

lieder1987 · June 7, 2020

For videos specifically (locally store content) I vote plex all day long.

You might be able to use Steam Big picture and set up external apps to launch. Maybe?

Donut417 · June 7, 2020

10 hours ago, circeseye said:

plex

Plex is more for your own content. Not really for Netflix and such. For example I mainly use Plex for its DVR capabilities.

dalekphalm · June 7, 2020

15 hours ago, asand1 said:

I have an Optiplex I put together as a budget gamer that I want to put into htpc service. E3-1270, 8gb RAM, RX 570. What would be a good front end for Netflix, Steam, Epic Games, and Crunchyroll?

I’ve been hearing a lot about “tvOS”.

Cant say anything about video game support though, since that’s generally not a focus of HTPC systems.

There aren’t really a lot of good ones - especially Windows based. Kodi might be something to look at.