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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    2 months ago

    If you are on the road or simply travelling a place with bad internet, then what?

    • UnrefinedChihuahua@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 months ago

      When I know I’m travelling, I always download a few select movies and the next few episodes of whatever we’re currently watching to my devices.

      Plex allows me to download using my PlexPass. My family/everyone else that uses my server download the media they want via my JellyFin server (serving the same media as my Plex server).

    • rhacer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      I use Plex’s download feature to make sure I always have music available. The same could be done for other media but I don’t bother.

    • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      2 months ago

      At least in the case of a Jellyfin server, you can download media locally when you know you’ll be without internet