Orange Pi Android TV

[SilveryAbaba]

Hello,
I'm trying to make an android tv box using the Orange Pi Zero 3. The goal is to use an existing remote control for some less than tech savvy people to operate it. I used F-Droid to install Jellyfin for android TV (regular android is an option too, but it responds to even less keyboard inputs). I bought a FLIRC to receive IR input and can map a keyboard to the remote's input. Almost everything works fine, it's just that there's no way to back up inside Jellyfin. It seems to only accept mouse right click as a back up signal, and that isn't an option here. I plugged in my keyboard and hit every key, no backing up. I tried a key remapper and it doesn't seem to play nice with Orange Pi. Any ideas on how to get a keyboard key to back it up or other solutions? Thanks!

[TheDreadPirate]

Any particular reason you can going through this effort vs getting a Chromecast w/ Google TV or something similar?

I'm not aware of any guides or documentation for what you're trying to do. But I did find this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comme...ound_by_a/

[niels]

The Android TV app heavily relies on a back button. So make sure you either have a remote with one or map a different button to the back action.

[SilveryAbaba]

Any particular reason you can going through this effort vs getting a Chromecast w/ Google TV or something similar?

I'm not aware of any guides or documentation for what you're trying to do.  But I did find this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comme...ound_by_a/

I have a chrome cast, it was too much for my users. Plus, you know, google is in there with ads. I think it's possible to do better for cheaper. I gave your specific app a try, but it suffered the same issue as a different key mapper. When you try to map what backs up, it won't map it and instead backs up. Curiously though, that app DID respond to regular arrow navigation (not backup) so I could navigate back to its home screen, just not all the way back to the android tv home screen. If Jellyfin was the same way I'd be fine running it all the time, but I can't exit a show once I've clicked on it, unusable. Any other ideas? Thank you.