Watching movies when cruising offshore

[chowdan]

Originally Posted by davedindubai

40" LED 1080p Samsung TV and a MAC mini with HDMI into TV plus a 2TB hard drive with my iTunes library on. Draws about 80w and plays all my tunes throughout the boat via the Fusion Stereo and movies in the salon. iTunes is controllable via the remote app on iPad or iPhone for changing songs without having to turn on the TV or going into the salon.

ps: i hate being so tied into apple but once they got ya, your screwed!

You should take a look at Plex.

I. Am doing a similar system except on a linux mini PC to drive video/audio, all controllable via phone app

[CatNewBee]

try also kodi, https://kodi.tv
all plattforms, all media, lots of plugins incl. sat tv.

[mako]

Originally Posted by CatNewBee

try also kodi, https://kodi.tv
all plattforms, all media, lots of plugins incl. sat tv.

I like Kodi and Tubi also as they work well on my Firestick with the VPN, so we are “in” America when watching movies.

[Art_B]

I use the Playon Desktop at home to download anything I can stream to a 128GB flash drive.
https://www.playon.tv/
Then I have a Raspberry Pi with LibreELEC on it and only need a mouse to control it. No internet needed.
https://libreelec.tv/
I've been using this for over 2 years and love it.

Art.

[chowdan]

Originally Posted by CatNewBee

try also kodi, https://kodi.tv
all plattforms, all media, lots of plugins incl. sat tv.

Kodo I am also a fan. Was sad to see a tvaddons go away

[CatNewBee]

Originally Posted by chowdan

Kodo I am also a fan. Was sad to see a tvaddons go away

The Enigma2 plugin is not bad, it talks to all the Linux Sat boxes, and is able to play back BR, DVD, 4k etc. Lots of codecs, network protocols and filesystems supported.

[Alita49DS]

Davedindubai wrote "ps: i hate being so tied into apple but once they got ya, your screwed!"

That's what Apple hopes. Namely that people are too lethargic to bother to switch.

However, it really is not true. You can add an email account to any other account such as a www.Outlook.com one. You can move your saved files or access them in other ways.

The only gotcha is Facetime but then nobody should be using such a proprietary system anyway. Switch to WhatsApp and/or Skype. Sell the Apple phone on eBay and buy an Android one without a contract.

[chowdan]

Originally Posted by Alita49DS

Davedindubai wrote "ps: i hate being so tied into apple but once they got ya, your screwed!"

That's what Apple hopes. Namely that people are too lethargic to bother to switch.

However, it really is not true. You can add an email account to any other account such as a www.Outlook.com one. You can move your saved files or access them in other ways.

The only gotcha is Facetime but then nobody should be using such a proprietary system anyway. Switch to WhatsApp and/or Skype. Sell the Apple phone on eBay and buy an Android one without a contract.

If you buy content on iTunes, your stuck with iTunes.

[GILow]

Originally Posted by chowdan

If you buy content on iTunes, your stuck with iTunes.

Yes, but the delivery platform is still hardware agnostic.

[chowdan]

Originally Posted by GILow

Yes, but the delivery platform is still hardware agnostic.

Yes that is true.

[windpipe]

I have a 34 ft sailboat. I plug my 13" laptop in to the aux on the built in stereo. Nice sound, small screen. You can pre download content from a lot of the streaming services nowadays. I don't have an inverter but I have an add on battery on my laptop so it lasts 6 hours at least, and I don't use it for navigation or anything else, unless we're at a marina with wifi.

[rowingdude]

This is a bit involved:

While cruising the coast, use a popular tool to break into shore WIFI networks
Use Bittorrent to rip as many movies as possible from the internet using a laptop
Use VLC to play them
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Enjoy

[lordgeoff]

Originally Posted by windpipe

I have a 34 ft sailboat. I plug my 13" laptop in to the aux on the built in stereo. Nice sound, small screen. You can pre download content from a lot of the streaming services nowadays. I don't have an inverter but I have an add on battery on my laptop so it lasts 6 hours at least, and I don't use it for navigation or anything else, unless we're at a marina with wifi.

You can buy 12 V cigarette lighter sockets on eBay. Wire them into any of your 12 cables. You can also buy on eBay a cable for your laptop that uses a 12 V socket and converts to your laptop voltage. KISS😁

[Sam8989]

I use an Amazon Fire Stick and either use marina wifi or my cell phone as a hot spot. Works very well and a short YouTube video will show you how to unlock Amazon Fire stick

Hope it helps!

[RaymondR]

Originally Posted by Dennis.G

I use a Micca media player with 2 TB hard disk and a 32" flat screen. Does not require a laptop to play. Can play just about any format of movie or music out there. All playback controlled on screen with the remote control. Very low energy draw, small and reliable so far. Uses less energy than watching DVDs on my old laptop.

The one I have has two tuners so you can watch one channel whilst recording another. Also has multiple HDMI and runs two TVs, I have one in the saloon and a second at my bunk. Great gadget.