RVMike

Just a quick update on this. I plugged a small usb stick with some video files on it and the roku tv had no problem playing anything. I don’t have an external ssd with a usb right now so I can’t try that. I don’t have think it should be a problem though, I looked through the documentation on the tv and it said it can power external devices from the usb. Looking forward to trying with a full size drive. Thanks again for the advice.

12 Volt AGM (Lead Acid) batteries. I have 300 Ah so in reality I have about 150Ah of usable power on a full charge.

Cool man! Thanks for the sweet idea. Going to test it tonight when I get home.

I actually have a ROKU TV in there already. I think it's only like 50 watt. Can I hook up an SSD to that somehow and just bypass the whole computer idea?

That's a pretty cool idea actually. Hadn't even considered a laptop to run everything. That might be better since I won't need to power the SSD separately and everything will be nice and clean looking. Thanks

Hi everyone, Like the title says I'm looking to build a media center for my RV which runs on solar. As far as specs go I'm not too concerned as long as I can play HD content from an SSD drive without buffering. The most important part here is going to be the power draw. I don't really want to turn on and off my system and wait for boot up every time I want to watch a movie so it would be great to leave it on stand by without killing my battery. So far I'm thinking that a Raspberry Pi 4 connected to an SSD drive would basically do the trick here (for one TV at least). I have two TV's so I'm not sure if this is going to be the best solution. Any input here would be greatly appreciated. I'm sure someone here has designed a system with solar power in mind. Thanks