Hi guys, I have a spare laptop I'd like to connect to my TV and control via a wireless mouse, what would be the best way to go about emulating AndroidTV boxes live tv and add-ons? Few specs of the laptop I'd like to use are:
Processor: AMD A4-5000 APU (1.5 GHz, 2 MB cache) Storage: 1 TB HDD, 5400 rpm RAM: 8 GB DDR3 Graphics card: AMD Radeon HD 8330
Kodi will be your only option for live TV and a computer I think. You'd have to install SPMC (better Android version of Kodi) on it anyway even if you could emulate Android TV, so there is no sense. You'd be adding an extra step.
Install Kodi, install your add-on's then set it up to start automatically when you turn on or reboot your laptop.
Yeah Kodi with a nice looking skin is gona be the best call.
There's a port floating around somewhere of full android TV, but your processor might be iffy. Linux didn't tend to play well with amd
If you really want a laptop that can run android apps, you'd be better off with a Chromebook laptop that's Android capable:
You can install the actual ROM to the laptop, by I doubt it would work that well
So, Android-x86 does exist and does work okay (haven't tried it myself in quite some time) but that is based on the standard AOSP Android, and not Android TV which is a bit different. I do believe there is a fork that exists, but not sure what version it is, how well it is supported and how well it'll run on your hardware.
EDIT: If you wanna give it a try, check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8EI2XWh_us
Emulating Android TV is pretty difficult, honestly I'd use the laptop for Kodi which would run natively. There are a wide variety of add ons for Kodi that provide legal and illegal content. You might be able to get some android port running but I'm not sure that it'd have full graphics acceleration and most certainly wouldn't have the backends required for Android TV to run.