Pi 4 CRT Appliance
Flash the NTSC or PAL composite image, wire the Pi to a CRT through the 3.5mm AV jack, and boot directly into the VCR-style UI.
CompositeArgon IRAnalog audio
Retro media appliance for Raspberry Pi
Tater Tube
A VCR-style frontend for CRT and HDMI Pi builds with Video on Demand, OTA TV, Public Access playlists, Usenet streaming, Tape Deck music, Game Center, PC Link, and local files.
Pi 4 CRT composite
Pi 5 HDMI auto
Boots straight into the app
What it is
A small media station that feels like an old TV.
Tater Tube turns a Raspberry Pi into a focused appliance. It hides the desktop, starts the app at boot, supports remotes and controllers, and keeps the interface tuned for repeat couch use.
Pi 5 HDMI Appliance
Use the HDMI auto image for modern screens. The image lets KMS choose the display's preferred EDID mode.
HDMI autoPi 54K displays
Built-In Updates
Use Settings, System, Check For Updates to refresh the app, helpers, runtime packages, RetroArch cores, Moonlight, Bluetooth, and boot assets.
UpdaterProgress UINo reflash
Modules
Everything lives behind the same VCR-style menu.
Each module is designed to launch cleanly from the main menu and return without showing the Linux desktop.
Over The Air
Direct HDHomeRun playback with no guide screen. Pick OTA and it tunes like an old TV, with up/down channel changes and a channel OSD.
HDHomeRunLive TVOld-TV OSD
Video on Demand
Browse Emby, Jellyfin, or Plex libraries from a VCR-style interface with resume, autoplay, audio selection, subtitles, collections, and TV Mode.
Emby/JellyfinPlexTV Mode
Public Access
Save public YouTube playlists, browse videos from the couch, and run TV Mode with shuffled channels and optional commercial playlists.
YouTube Playlistsyt-dlpTV Mode
Usenet
Browse media-only Newznab categories, search releases, view OMGWTFNZBS trending, and hand selected NZBs to an AltMount/Stremio-compatible streamer.
NewznabTrendingStreaming