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Help with offgrid (power, no internet) "streaming" (lemmy.ca)
submitted 11 months ago by LoganNineFingers@lemmy.ca to c/plex@lemmy.ca
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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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[–] TheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You can just skip auth on local IPs.

[–] Andi 4 points 11 months ago

Not all clients work without Internet though.

[–] tun@lemm.ee 2 points 3 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.

[–] yayaway@discuss.online 1 points 6 days 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!

[–] tun@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days 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.

[–] yayaway@discuss.online 1 points 5 days ago

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