…alone deal with the necessities of setting up remote access to my media server. I don't want the added burden of more devices and client apps to manage, and the eventual…
…Unfortunately, not all devices in my arsenal can support every media format, and that’s where transcoding comes into the equation. As you may have guessed by now, transcoding translates an incompatible…
…The device playing back the media is in charge of what codecs it supports, and if it doesn't support the one the video or audio is encoded in, you get transcoding…
…to stream media locally without quietly suffering. To experiment with that, I installed five apps, and I turned my $55 Raspberry Pi 4 (4GB) into an ultimate streaming device. Related How I…
…quite dealt with. Because I didn’t organize them in series and folders, I always struggled to pick which ones to read on my iPad. Transferring those comics to devices was another…
…And how to store content While the enthusiast crowd has moved to self-hosted media servers, I prefer the humble HTPC . Having a dedicated device means I don't have to worry…
…And it is better than I expected in many ways, the most important being that it was responsive, worked instantly on all my devices, and was silent, but it did come with…
…media center and as a light gaming machine. Even a basic office PC can handle indie titles, older games, and emulation without much effort. That’s something a NAS or streaming device…
…For simple automation flows, it might not be a big deal. But when it comes to long chains spanning different devices with multiple “And if” conditions, a single disconnected gizmo can cause…
…I’ve now got my own little Netflix for movies, shows, and old home videos, all streamed across devices. The NAS handles transcoding and indexing, and I don’t have to deal…