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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 (9 children)

My Plex server runs in my home and all my media is available outside my home. A travel server seems like a solution for a problem that doesn't really exist.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (8 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not sure if this helps, but e-sims are extremely cheap and can be set up on the go through an app these days. You could get a 5g plan in the area with bad internet and use it as a hotspot to download content to your other devices. I use Nomad, but there are a lot of providers with plans that are unlimited or pay by the gig—all affordable with time periods as short as 7 days.

A $10 solution, in a pinch, is a good choice.

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

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.

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