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A Travel Media Server? (lemmy.wtf)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (6 children)

If you're carrying your media with you, you could run Jellyfin on the server to provide access to the media to anyone connected to its wifi.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Exactly. The point is to carry the media with you and access it without an actual internet connection. Especially on the go.

If I understand you correctly, I could install Jellyfin on a Raspberry Pi, setup a local WiFi on it and connect to it with an iPad that has a Jellyfin client installed?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yup. If the sd card doesnt have enough space for everything, you could attach an m.2 hat to it as well. https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/using-m-2-hat-with-raspberry-pi-5/

Basically, jellyfin on the pi, with the wifi setup as an access point, and whatever amount of storage you need. The pi requires 5v/5a, so you'll probably run into issues running off the car usb power, but a cheap 30amp hour battery should run it for 6-10 hours if my napkin math is right.

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