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Help with offgrid (power, no internet) "streaming" (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm looking to create an easy solution that is child/wife friendly. I'm hoping to get a set up going without internet. I however would like it to run like a Chromecast with plex.

I was thinking of a

Dell Optiplex 3020M Mini PC USFF, running windows 10

An external hard drive with content.

From here is where I have gaps. Could I set up a plex server offline on the device, with plex media player and use an Flirc remote with pre-programmed buttons?

Essentially, I'm trying to create the experience of watching Netflix on a Chromecast but with plex and a pc remote control of some sort (with pre-programmed buttons that load up content so kid and wife only have to press one or two buttons to get to their shows)

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Might not be the best place to say this, but considering Plex relies on online authentication servers to function it might be better for you to look into Jellyfin which works fully offline.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can just skip auth on local IPs.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Make sure you don't use bit subnet masking i. e. 192.168.1.0/24

Use 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 version.

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

Hey I’ve seen this mentioned before on other posts and have done so on my plex server as well.

But this is the first time I saw someone mention bit subnet masking. Would you mind elaborating a bit? I’m also trying to learn a bit of networking so was curious. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

you should look into IPv4 subnetting.

a brief explanation, v4 address is in a.b.c.d format. a, b, c and d are 8bit decimal (that means 0 to 255)

to get more ip available, address is sub divided into network and host part and is called subnetting.

192.168.0.0/24 = 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 = 11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000

that means 192.168.0 is the network and the last 0 is for the hosts. 0 and 255 is reserved for broadcasting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Thanks for taking the time to answer. I will look into this more and get more familiar with it.