meldrik 3d ago • 92%
So you don’t want to contribute to the Lemmy project, because other instances might benefit from it?
meldrik 4d ago • 100%
It’s true I want hours of playback, but in the car, it’s possible to draw up to 100 watt from the outlet and in trains you have 230 volt outlets. At least in Denmark.
On a plane, you usually only have USB, but I’m not sure I like the idea of setting up WiFi on a plane 😅
meldrik 4d ago • 100%
That’s great to hear. It has been around a year since I tried it out.
meldrik 4d ago • 100%
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.
meldrik 5d ago • 100%
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.
meldrik 5d ago • 100%
I will definitely try this out! 😁
meldrik 5d ago • 100%
It’s not a bad solution and I have used eSIMs before when I was traveling in Asia. However, all of these “unlimited” eSIM plans has a lot of buts. Either the speed is limited to close to unusable for streaming and/or you are limited to only use x amount of GB when using hotspot.
Also depending on the country, the coverage can be awful.
meldrik 5d ago • 100%
I’m pretty sure revolt.chat is still going? I am using it.
meldrik 5d ago • 100%
True, but if your devices, in this case; iPads with only 64GB, it quickly gets filled up.
meldrik 5d ago • 100%
Project is dead, but could be worth looking into. Thank you.
meldrik 5d ago • 80%
Genius! Why didn’t I think of that 😂
meldrik 5d ago • 60%
Can you connect the hard drive to multiple devices? 😉
meldrik 5d ago • 100%
If you are on the road or simply travelling a place with bad internet, then what?
meldrik 5d ago • 100%
The iPads only have 64GB and I do usually download some stuff from Netflix, ATV+ and Plex if it actually worked.
meldrik 5d ago • 66%
Exactly and thank you for the link! 😁
meldrik 5d ago • 83%
I am looking for a solution where you have the media with you, so you don’t need an internet connection to watch your media.
The media server at home is a great solution that I already use, but if you have 3 people watching in the car, using mobile data, you won’t have anything left when you get to your destination😅
meldrik 5d ago • 100%
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?
meldrik 5d ago • 100%
I use iPhone and the kids have iPads, but let’s say I had a phone with expandable storage. How would I share the content from the phone to the iPads?
meldrik 5d ago • 100%
It’s a good setup, but I don’t think this would work in a car and using iPads.
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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