[TriLUG] mostly OT: movies on the go?

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I use MX Player Pro (non-free).

On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 10:30 PM, Dewey Hylton via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org
> wrote:

> *this* sounds like something that would work well for me, thanks for
> sharing!
>
> i've already ordered tablets and am awaiting their arrival. i have not yet
> seen kit-kat; what player works with the micro-sd cards? and what upnp
> browser are you happy with?
>
> ----- On Jul 21, 2015, at 5:17 PM, Triangle Linux Users Group General
> Discussion trilug at trilug.org wrote:
>
> I'll endorse the Android tablet solution, but add the following: I have
> more than 2 kids, so shuffling micro-sd cards around is too much work.
> Instead I bought a g-Inet 16MB mifi router: A cheap Wifi hotspot device
> that comes preloaded with OpenWRT. I then installed the prebuilt mini-dlna
> package and use that to share a 128GB usb stick over the WLAN. The tablets
> all run a no-frills uPNP browser from the play store that can browse the
> dlna server, and play the movies directly streaming them 4 at a time as we
> barrel down the highway. The hockeypuck sized micro-usb powered Mi-Fi
> router costs less than $30 at newegg, and I can sync movies to one flash
> drive. The 128GB flash drive is proving to be too small for our movie
> collection, despite resampling everything to DVD resolution, so I'm looking
> for a cheap external SSD to use instead.
>
> At home all my movies are served over mini-dlna, so tablets can stream at
> home or away without configuration changes (just connect to a different
> WLAN and DLNA server). Everything charges on 5V DC, so I don't have to
> listen to the whine of my inverter (unless I've got my laptop plugged in to
> top it off).
>
> We've been on several roadtrips, short and long, and this system works
> great!
>
> I had brainstormed using a raspberry pi to connect to the existing drop
> down dvd player, but couldn't get a mounting position that I liked, and it
> didn't solve any of my syncing problems anyway. The mifi just sits in the
> center console hidden away.
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