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CONSUMING MEDIA

We haven’t talked much about media players, beyond streaming to a web browser or app. That’s all well and good, but it would be remiss(formerly , the ) is still alive and well (and so unfortunately are all the nefarious add-ons and repos that give it a bad name). can be installed on any distro, as well as tablets and other devices, but our preferred way to run it is on the Raspberry Pi, on top of either LibreELEC or . can connect to your Plex install via an add-on, or play music that you’ve already shared over your network.

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