Hi! My goal: I want to set up a beamer projector in my flat and connect that to some kind of ‘always on’ machine with which I can stream (currently Netflix a bit but that really is not a priority as I am thinking of cancelling it) but would also like it to be a torrent client (I have a VPN) to download some media. Though something like popcorn time would also be nice, though that’s also something that I would only use behind a vpn for obvious reasons.

I have a pi5 or and some older NUCs hanging around that run well with Ubuntu. I know that something like kodi does not play nice with Netflix (iirc because of drm).

Should I use the pi? Or better an Ubuntu and do the power management best I can myself?

What would you guys say is a good way to try this out?

Edit: TIL I thought beamer is a word that German borrows from English, so I assumed it’s the same. Nope, in German ‘beamer’ has very weird roots (https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videoprojektor) so Germany stole an English word ‘beam’ but it meant project… Weird

  • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    5 months ago

    Beamer?

    You want to connect your BMW to Netflix?

    An iPad and a roll of duct tape should do it…

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBEnglish
    1·
    5 months ago

    Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

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    Plex Brand of media server package
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    SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
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    SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
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  • Prunebutt@slrpnk.netEnglish
    1·
    5 months ago

    FYI: What you call a “Beamer” in German you would call a “projector” in english. I would edit the post, or else people will think you want to set up star trek technology. ;)

    • zweieuro@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      Okay I never knew that, I would also accept tips for setting up a star trek beamer though xD

      • B0rax@feddit.deEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        The German language is strange like that… often using English words for an entirely different meaning.

    • ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Maybe they are illuminating their living room with the front end of a BMW.

      Better yet, it’s a Pimp My Ride style makeover that replaces those unused turn signals with a projection system for an instant drive-in movie experience.