Hi there,

I’m thinking about what kind of opportunities there is for a portable media center you can have with you in the car, train or whatever.

I imagine that the media center would create its own WiFi, so that devices would be able to connect to it and access the media.

I know you could do something with a Raspberry Pi, but how could this work in practice? What would be an easy way to access the media from an iPad fx? What software could be used?

As a bonus, it would be pretty cool if the media center could connect to a hotel WiFi and then create a hotspot from that.

Edit: This would be used when on the move. So you would have the media with you on the media center.

  • Meldrik@lemmy.wtfOPEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Maybe I’m just bad at setting up Plex, but I have never had its download feature work properly.

    But also, the storage is limited on the device, so we always end up with a very small library of media, that’s quickly consumed.

    • barcaxavi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I still think you should give this one a try. Unless, you’re goal is not like having an actual solution, but doing this project as a hobby, and throwing some money at it. Which is also fine, I’ve done the same before.

      Testing one or two of these media severs will cost you some hours of your time. Anything other will take much more time, effort and money.

      • Meldrik@lemmy.wtfOPEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Your suggestion is “good enough” and what I do now, but as you say, it could be fun to make a little project out of it. Figuring out what works and what doesn’t.

    • jacksilver@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      The download feature is always in some state of broken, but it has gotten a lot better over the past couple of years. If you haven’t tried it in a year or so, you may have better luck now.