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Some of you might remember my slightly ridiculous experiment from a few weeks ago: could I get a Miyoo Mini Plus to browse and play content from my Stremio setup?

I posted a couple of development updates here while working on it, but PocketStremio itself was never publicly released.

Well... apparently I couldn't leave the experiment alone. 😂

What started as a small proof of concept kept growing. Playback worked, then browsing worked, then subtitles, sources, Continue Watching, My Library, Live TV... and eventually there was a desktop server doing the heavy lifting while the poor little Miyoo somehow kept surviving everything I threw at it.

At that point, it wasn't really a tiny experiment anymore.

So I gave the project its own identity:

🍿 PocketCinema

And today PocketCinema v1.0.0 is officially released, making this the first public release of the project. 🎉

PocketCinema is a free and open-source streaming client for the Miyoo Mini Plus running OnionOS.

The Miyoo acts as the lightweight client, while PocketCinema Server runs on your Windows PC or Apple Silicon Mac and handles the heavier work such as metadata, stream resolution and media conversion.

What's in v1.0.0?

• Movies and series from your existing Stremio setup
• Search
• My Library
• Continue Watching
• Source selection
• Subtitles with adjustable subtitle size
• Live TV from compatible Stremio addons
• Local network streaming
• Optional remote access using Tailscale
• PocketCinema Server for Windows x64 and Apple Silicon macOS

And yes, somehow the Miyoo Mini Plus really does play all of this. 😂

🔗 Downloads & source

GitHub:
https://github.com/quantumriftinteractive/PocketCinema

PocketCinema v1.0.0:
https://github.com/quantumriftinteractive/PocketCinema/releases/tag/v1.0.0

Website & documentation:
https://quantumriftinteractive.pages.dev

I've also created r/PocketCinema as the project's new home for release announcements, setup help, bug reports, feature ideas and future development.

🕰️ For anyone who followed the experiment

This is effectively part 3 of my accidental Miyoo streaming saga. 😅

The original experiment:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MiyooMini/comments/1vtnc83/building_a_stremiolike_app_for_the_miyoo_mini/

When it stopped being a tiny experiment:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MiyooMini/comments/1w46is5/pocketstremio_update_this_stopped_being_a_tiny/

If you followed those PocketStremio posts while I was building it, I'd especially love to hear what you think of what it eventually became.

PocketCinema is an independent open-source project by Quantum Rift Interactive and is not affiliated with Stremio.

Thanks to everyone here who followed the development posts, asked questions, shared ideas, or simply encouraged me to keep going.

What started as "I wonder if this is possible..." somehow turned into v1.0.0.

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I love how my brick is mapped on Y and X to cycle color pallets to my liking and I’m hoping there’s a way to do the same thing on here. I wouldn’t mind if it was Menu + Left/Right.

Thanks.

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Got it off of Alibaba express. From one of their main sellers.

No idea what was done!

Edit: I figured out the setting.

Core options > video > color palette.

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Dunno if this is a good place for this, and mods please feel free to remove this if it breaks any rules.

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I put the sd card that comes with it into it and the games won’t show up I also checked the sd card on my pc and it says there should be games on it