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.

  • TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pubEnglish
    6·
    4 months ago

    If you’re carrying your media with you, you could run Jellyfin on the server to provide access to the media to anyone connected to its wifi.

    • Meldrik@lemmy.wtfOPEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      Exactly. The point is to carry the media with you and access it without an actual internet connection. Especially on the go.

      If I understand you correctly, I could install Jellyfin on a Raspberry Pi, setup a local WiFi on it and connect to it with an iPad that has a Jellyfin client installed?