Hi, I’ve been searching for a while for a way to watch the videos in my laptop in my TV without having to access my laptop directly.
So I need some kind of webfrontend (preferably a docker container) where I can select my videos via a website and output them through HDMI.
Unfortunately I have not yet found anything like that, mostly because searching it only produces results telling you about streaming services like jellyfin and how to set them up.
Is there a way to do this yet?
There is HDMI CEC which allows a single remote control to control all of your devices, so it must be possible for devices connected by HDMI to receive a signal back from the TV.
Technically yes, but actually no. CEC is horrible and it’s considered a genuine miracle when someone ever gets it working.