Unfortunately this is the case I’m seeing happening more. I would love to use a router of my choice, but then I would lose the TV service (Telekom, Hungary). And it’s not just about the freedom of mine to choose the hardware, but the features their one is lacking.
Also with the TV box I got from them 2 yrs ago, I can feel and see that’s is miles behind my 2015 (!) Shield TV.
So yeah, ISPs giving out crappy hardware and force you to use it, is my nr. 1 gripe.
Thanks for the variety of tips. I’ll be thinking about how to use them. The car part we already tried and succeeded but trying not to incorporate it too heavy, since I heard that my boss used it so effectively with his kids they didn’t want to go to sleep any other way 😀
Quiet time sounds reasonable, thanks for the tip. Will try it out for sure.
Thanks for this. Nice to hear at least other parents also struggling with this. Trying to be more considerate on what she needs.
Thanks, I was not really considering not to have the afternoon sleep. But I guess you’re right. Pushing never feels like the good approach.
That’s one way. Or you can contribute code, help others in the forum, file bug reports… OR if you’re the lazy one like me you can actually give them money.
Don’t like subscriptions? Ok by me, but please don’t think that complete teams will be working on great and secure software for free. That’s not something that can be maintained for a long time.
If you like something, contribute to it.
I do agree that it’s pretty cool that HA can be used for free, but if you like something and use it regularly please find ways to contribute.
I believe playing with visibility would be the easiest way
This is the first time I’m exploring this, but I think you’re wrong.
On Mastodon you can:
So post visibility is not something you set per profile, but per post. But you have an effective tool to decide who you let in AND remove on the way.
Yeah, I was also wondering about the transcoding. And thanks for the power draw comment, great to know. Sounds manageable.
I still think you should give this one a try. Unless, you’re goal is not like having an actual solution, but doing this project as a hobby, and throwing some money at it. Which is also fine, I’ve done the same before.
Testing one or two of these media severs will cost you some hours of your time. Anything other will take much more time, effort and money.
Peripherals are one thing, handling concurrent streams, transcoding… is another one.
So in theory, a Pi can be kept alive with a power bank, but OP is expecting (as I understood) multiple hours of streaming (with “local” only access) , which includes the above tasks for multiple concurrent streams. How big of a power bank we’re talking about and how long will it last?
As others already wrote, I would go with the Plex server at home and using the “Download” feature to have some content available offline for the times you don’t have internet. You can actually set a limit for the size of the download library and individually set video and audio quality for the files.
Seen raspberry pi mentioned some times, I don’t have one, so maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t think there would be an easy way to power it up on a train for example.
You’re absolutely right. To be honest, I wasn’t going to contribute to the main topic of the discussion. Just remembered this sunlight-as-a-service concept from some weeks before, felt it had a legitimate connection to this topic and wanted to share because it’s just so bonkers.
I wouldn’t be sure we can’t. Just have to find the right “angle”:
https://futurism.com/the-byte/startup-space-mirror-sunlight-night
It might be the remastered version. I get your point, and the graphics in AW2 were top notch, but as someone who’s not a huge fan of the horror genre, I kind of felt nostalgic for the original game. Wasn’t that frightening 😀
I would say in that case of making the best use of all their offerings (mail, drive, calendar) Proton unlimited is the way to go: https://proton.me/drive/pricing I made the switch a year ago from a Google and I’m happy with Unlimited.
But they also have a free tier, good enough to try everything out. Plus individual subscription options for every one of their products (for example Drive Plus).
Can confirm, seen it live. As soon as LogSeq was open on both devices it threw an error.
That’s something I was also considering, because there were some days when she already looked a bit sleepy in the morning already. Will be thinking about it, thanks!