Gregory's Server@vkc I really need to figure out how to get the movies on the NAS to end up on the TV without going through a Chromecast...
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 @vkc House stuff takes *forever* especially if you're doing it alone. I do have a miniPC I got from FreeGeek with LibreELEC on it. I should see about using that someday.  @socketwench It's pretty great- I've got at least three videos scripted in a series I'm calling "So you want to self host your media", but I really want to do it like a cheesy infomercial and not a typical episode. @vkc @socketwench I second Jellyfin, it's pretty cool. Depending on what you have you can use several things as a client to consume that stuff: am app on your TV itself, a Kodi box, some streaming box, an HTPC and probably more. I went with an Nvidia Shield.  Start here: https://libreelec.tv/ Is a simple Linux installation with KODI. It will "just work" when installed on a NUC and hooked up to your tv. Then also check out Jellyfin.org to setup a server to share your media on your network. After you have libreelec and jellyfin, you can install a jellyfin video add-on into KODI. https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/clients/kodi/ A remote that works 'out of the box' Rii Mini K25 ~$30 https://www.ebay.com/itm/196361631077 @socketwench @vkc If you have a "smart tv" or use a plug-in device like apple, amazon, google, roku there is likely a Jellyfin app you can install through their store. Though I recommend the libreelec/kodi way as its not a device tracking everything you do =) Lastly, if you do go libreelec/kodi/nuc you will be able to control kodi well with the remote I mentioned, but... not your TV. This is because of HDMI CEC support, this can be solved with a USB device, details here: https://kodi.wiki/view/CEC  @tehstu @socketwench @vkc Jellyfin isn't, but the smart tv itself is, as are the devices sold by apple, amazon, google, roku, etc @miah @socketwench @vkc well, but it would be the same with a Kodi device connected to HDMI, right? Sorry to nit pick, I'm just trying to understand what additional tracking might be at play. I've turned off device and Roku picture scanning, for instance. @tehstu @socketwench @vkc kodi is a open source application. Its not tracking anything. If a device is hooked up to a smart tv through hdmi its possible your tv is doing automatic content recognition still and collecting all that data. If you really want to limit what can be collected, ditch the smart tv, go buy a used display from a thrift store. @miah @socketwench @vkc Gotcha, thank you! Yeah, I've turned all that nonsense off. Assuming Roku honors the setting.  @socketwench @vkc Jellyfin is my go-to choice since it's FOSS, but people seem to like Plex as well. You can point the libraries at the NAS directories and then use their apps to play on pretty much anything. I have the Jellyfin app on my Nvidia Shield and it works perfectly.  @socketwench @vkc If your TV is any kind of smart TV, it has all the stuff built in to play videos from a DLNA server. @leeloo @socketwench @vkc I've run minidlna on a raspberry pi (model 1B) with a usb drive for storage successfully. I think because it defaults to not transcoding and just streams the video the cpu requirements are minimal. It's been painless (but I moved it to a different computer a few years ago). DLNA also works with older bluray players just fine if you don't have a smart TV.  @socketwench Another option, if you want an appliance: https://osmc.tv/vero/ Per the web page, storage can be expanded by hooking something up via one of the USB ports, or a microSD card. It also has wired gigabit Ethernet so I'd expect you can coax (no pun intended) it into accessing the files on your NAS through that. |
@socketwench LibreELEC is really good at this.
I personally spun up Jellyfin though, there's a supported Kodi plugin and it handles everything like a champ. Pretty sure a spare Pi could handle it (I hope to cover this in a video soon, just need to finish the damn basement first).