[mythtv-users] share shows in car.

[Michael Watson]

On 14-Aug-15 12:47 AM, John Marshall wrote:
> On 8/12/2015 10:00 PM, Michael Watson wrote:
>> On 13/08/2015 12:06 PM, jacek burghardt wrote:
>>>
>>> I wonder if anyone has any recommendation for sharing  mythtv
>>> recordings between devices in a car. I am thinking about installing
>>> router in car with couple usb ports and have usb hard drive
>>>
>> I use a Raspberry PI runing Raspbian / MiniDLNA Server / uDisks / USB
>> GPRS Dongle / Wifi Dongle / a few 64Gb USB Memory Sticks (1 for each
>> child) / 7 Port Hub - all contained in a Plastic Lunch box with a 12v -
>> 5v voltage regulater - a 2A Car phone charger will do.  I also run a
>> Temp Sensor / Munin and gpsd with a USB GPS Receiver - but I am yet to
>> find an android client for gpsd that works well - idea was that the kids
>> (and driver) can use google maps to see where we are and answer the "are
>> we there yet" question themselves.
>>
>> Display devices are Dual Core Android Tablets (cheap chinese units -
>> 12.1" screen) using BSPlayer and BubbleUPNP.   The Dual core tablets
>> handle anything my Myth system has recorded (MPEG2) without transcoding
>> and the system happily streams content to 4 tablets.
>>
>> I use a script on the Myth System via a userjob to copy recordings to
>> usb sticks that renames the file based on Title/Subtitle or (Title &
>> Series/Episode No's).  So we can easily select media and export to the
>> car system.
>
> Wow - sounds cool!  I don't have it handy to confirm the model, but I 
> think I have this device:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704138
>
> I installed OpenWRT on it.  It creates a wifi network and shares files 
> from an attached USB stick.  The kids have Nexus 7s running Kodi, 
> which has built-in support for playing off NFS.  I have a job to 
> convert recordings to mp4 since the tablets don't have mpeg2 support.  
> Overall it works well, but marking all the commercials and transcoding 
> is sort of time-consuming.  The battery in it is handy at pit stops - 
> no need for it to have to restart when the car power stops.
I started with a similar device (without battery) with OpenWRT and Kodi 
on the tablets, but didnt like the Kodi interface on the tablets - to 
difficult for the young kids and openwrt doesn't include the full 
libraries for minidlna (and the little router crashed with more than 6 
media files in the library).  Using the RaspberryPi opened up more 
things I can do with it - plan to add another wifi adapter to link to a 
wifi ODBII interface and another tablet for the driver for Navigation 
and Vehicle stats.  The plan is to log fuel consumption/speed etc with 
munin as well.

I have added a battery (plus charger circuit) to the setup for pit stops 
as well.

I have recently seen a portable streaming server marketed for this exact 
purpose, but havent been able to find the link again.