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Vehicle plex server

Ryanzirra
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Dont want to use a laptop really as lot's of things that can die or go wrong i want something about pi size I can get up and running with plex server and an old ssd i have. I was cruising the reddit forums and people say pi is not really great for transcoding and I can not find anything so far in the last couple hours that would seem to handle it I could probably use an old laptop throw linux on it and go that way and then have it power off on battery power and power up on ac but that is a hassle and i would need an invertor and what not and dont want to wast the space. 

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i think it would be easier to have a plex server at home, port forward it, then just use the phones as a client

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3 minutes ago, Tsuki said:

i think it would be easier to have a plex server at home, port forward it, then just use the phones as a client

This is true but could eat data. 

 

A local, trunk stored Plex device would be interesting. Being able to set it up and get an ad-hoc network setup so it could deliver the files locally. With enough bandwidth on them, there wouldn't be MUCH transcoding needing to be done for basic rips (not a high bitrate, etc). 

 

Getting consistent power to them would be a smaller challenge to this as well. 

 

Also depending on your climate, heat and extreme cold might also be an issue. 

 

An interesting concept could really be made out of it

 

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3 minutes ago, Tsuki said:

i think it would be easier to have a plex server at home, port forward it, then just use the phones as a client

streaming movies from home may eat up your mobile quota quite fast, and depending on the coverage and quality of the reception the OPs idea of putting in a PI isn't that bad at all.

 

I know that a Pi 2 or Pi 3 work well with Kodi. Perhaps there is an app for the kindle as well for that.

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1 minute ago, Anghammarad said:

streaming movies from home may eat up your mobile quota quite fast, and depending on the coverage and quality of the reception the OPs idea of putting in a PI isn't that bad at all.

 

I know that a Pi 2 or Pi 3 work well with Kodi. Perhaps there is an app for the kindle as well for that.

I saw kodi mentioned and may not be a bad idea if it runs off web server that may work 

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Just now, Ryanzirra said:

yeah the heat is why a laptop might not be a good idea unless i tear it open and do major cooling upgrades im in socal and 110 was the norm this year. 

Yeesh, that puts a lot of things outside of the realm of real possibility. Getting something like a PI that you could carry with you might be a best bet. Leaving the power and networking leads that you decide on in place and carry it with you

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Just now, Anghammarad said:

streaming movies from home may eat up your mobile quota quite fast, and depending on the coverage and quality of the reception the OPs idea of putting in a PI isn't that bad at all.

 

I know that a Pi 2 or Pi 3 work well with Kodi. Perhaps there is an app for the kindle as well for that.

thats true (i have unlimited so thats never been a problem for me)

 

you COULD put the server on a raspberry pi, and use a larger harddrive to store the movies.

Plex only transcodes if the client cant natively view the format, so if you pre-encode the media using handbrake to match a supported format by all your client, then you wont have to worry about the fact that the pi sucks at transcoding.

 

The other option, is just create an adhoc network, completely ignore plex, and just watch the videos from whatever local media player you have

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2 minutes ago, Ryanzirra said:

I saw kodi mentioned and may not be a bad idea if it runs off web server that may work 

I have Kodi running here at home, if Kodi is running I can see it in my network as an UPNP device which I can browse and chose movies from to see... 

 

But with a Kindle that is a whole other thing. If there is an App, try =) 

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1 hour ago, Ryanzirra said:

Only major issue is it is a mechanical drive and the heat of leaving it in the back 

heat is not really an issue for harddrives honestly

 

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