What's the current "standard" for a media server setup these days?
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@guyinpv said in What's the current "standard" for a media server setup these days?:
I'm not saying I won't get a Roku. It just doesn't seem clear whether it's necessary. This project is only for funzies to play with setting up a media box.
If the video card isn't up to snuff, I'd have to buy one anyway, so I'd probably put that money toward the Roku then and not a video card.I was just hoping to build this box with an old tower and not have to buy anything right away.
In this case I'd file this one under "the right kind of easy" but I hear what you're saying. Do you scotty p
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I haven't tried it personally but I have major part of standalone packages they use running on my file server at home. This gives you pre-built VM, you just need a host to deploy it to. So another vote for Plex here.
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@marcinozga said in What's the current "standard" for a media server setup these days?:
I haven't tried it personally but I have major part of standalone packages they use running on my file server at home. This gives you pre-built VM, you just need a host to deploy it to. So another vote for Plex here.
I have never tried that. Interesting.
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"CouchPotato (CP) is an automatic NZB and torrent downloader. You can keep a "movies I want"-list and it will search for NZBs/torrents of these movies every X hours. Once a movie is found, it will send it to SABnzbd or download the torrent to a specified directory."
That doesn't sound illegal at all.
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Anyone have Netflix working on Kodi yet?
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@Dominica said in What's the current "standard" for a media server setup these days?:
Anyone have Netflix working on Kodi yet?
Didn't know they had a netflix add on. I know what I'm doing tonight. I'll report my findings later.
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@RojoLoco said in What's the current "standard" for a media server setup these days?:
@Dominica said in What's the current "standard" for a media server setup these days?:
Anyone have Netflix working on Kodi yet?
Didn't know they had a netflix add on. I know what I'm doing tonight. I'll report my findings later.
What do you have Kodi on? Linux or Android?
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@scottalanmiller said in What's the current "standard" for a media server setup these days?:
@RojoLoco said in What's the current "standard" for a media server setup these days?:
@Dominica said in What's the current "standard" for a media server setup these days?:
Anyone have Netflix working on Kodi yet?
Didn't know they had a netflix add on. I know what I'm doing tonight. I'll report my findings later.
What do you have Kodi on? Linux or Android?
Android and windows, mostly use windows. The setup of addons in android is way too tedious, too much typing with the tiny Fire stick remote.
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Found this how to (windows/android/RasPi)
https://www.ivacy.com/blog/how-to-install-kodi-netlfix-addon/
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Nothing to report yet on the Kodi Netflix add on, had to re-re-re-re-record lead vocals last night.
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@guyinpv said in What's the current "standard" for a media server setup these days?:
"CouchPotato (CP) is an automatic NZB and torrent downloader. You can keep a "movies I want"-list and it will search for NZBs/torrents of these movies every X hours. Once a movie is found, it will send it to SABnzbd or download the torrent to a specified directory."
That doesn't sound illegal at all.
Just because the software is there, it doesn't mean you have to use it. Opera browser has built-in torrent client, yet that doesn't mean it will be used to download illegal content.
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@marcinozga said in What's the current "standard" for a media server setup these days?:
@guyinpv said in What's the current "standard" for a media server setup these days?:
"CouchPotato (CP) is an automatic NZB and torrent downloader. You can keep a "movies I want"-list and it will search for NZBs/torrents of these movies every X hours. Once a movie is found, it will send it to SABnzbd or download the torrent to a specified directory."
That doesn't sound illegal at all.
Just because the software is there, it doesn't mean you have to use it. Opera browser has built-in torrent client, yet that doesn't mean it will be used to download illegal content.
Ok, but the very paragraph they use to describe their software is literally illegal. "movies I want" list that automatically downloads the movies?
I just found it funny. People will use software and networks for whatever reason, but CouchPotato literally describes their software as something to do illegal things with.
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@guyinpv said in What's the current "standard" for a media server setup these days?:
@marcinozga said in What's the current "standard" for a media server setup these days?:
@guyinpv said in What's the current "standard" for a media server setup these days?:
"CouchPotato (CP) is an automatic NZB and torrent downloader. You can keep a "movies I want"-list and it will search for NZBs/torrents of these movies every X hours. Once a movie is found, it will send it to SABnzbd or download the torrent to a specified directory."
That doesn't sound illegal at all.
Just because the software is there, it doesn't mean you have to use it. Opera browser has built-in torrent client, yet that doesn't mean it will be used to download illegal content.
Ok, but the very paragraph they use to describe their software is literally illegal. "movies I want" list that automatically downloads the movies?
I just found it funny. People will use software and networks for whatever reason, but CouchPotato literally describes their software as something to do illegal things with.
Technically, there are torrent services for free, public domain movies too.
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@scottalanmiller said in What's the current "standard" for a media server setup these days?:
@guyinpv said in What's the current "standard" for a media server setup these days?:
@marcinozga said in What's the current "standard" for a media server setup these days?:
@guyinpv said in What's the current "standard" for a media server setup these days?:
"CouchPotato (CP) is an automatic NZB and torrent downloader. You can keep a "movies I want"-list and it will search for NZBs/torrents of these movies every X hours. Once a movie is found, it will send it to SABnzbd or download the torrent to a specified directory."
That doesn't sound illegal at all.
Just because the software is there, it doesn't mean you have to use it. Opera browser has built-in torrent client, yet that doesn't mean it will be used to download illegal content.
Ok, but the very paragraph they use to describe their software is literally illegal. "movies I want" list that automatically downloads the movies?
I just found it funny. People will use software and networks for whatever reason, but CouchPotato literally describes their software as something to do illegal things with.
Technically, there are torrent services for free, public domain movies too.
"Judge, what I meant by 'Batman Returns' is an indie open source movie that's freely available from some media company in Australia. ..... what's that, no such film exists? Oh, I guess I was wrong. Maybe it was 'Batman Le Runes', a French film......"
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I have an old Toshiba U505 Laptop that I use in my bedroom. It has KODI 17.1 and is hooked directly to My TV with HDMI and I go optical from my TV to my sound bar. I also use a TP-Link T4U wireless adapter its USB AC1200. I have had no problems.
