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Advice for Linux media center (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 hours ago by Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Hi everyone!

In the next year or so, my project is to rip all my blurays and put them on a 4tb external USB hard drive. I've already done it for all my DVDs, but I still have to buy an external bluray player in order to finish the job. My budget for the bluray player is CHF 75.- used, so around 75$. All this is done through MakeMKV.

Then, I'd want to have a small Linux PC that I'd use as a media center. My budget is under CHF 100.-, so around 100$. I've noticed that you can get 2014 MacMinis with i5 or i7 for that budget, but I'm open to any other brand.

What I'd want the PC to do: -Play all my movies stored on my external USB drive. I don't think I have 4k movies, but I can't exclude that some of my Blurays will be 4k in the future -Display my family pictures and videos stored on kDrive (a cloud by Infomaniak) through Firefox and WebDav -Play my music on my Yamaha Amplifier through Firefox and Tidal -Use the wifi for updates, browser based stuff, etc..

The PC would probably not be used for anything else for now, but it needs to be able to become a desktop PC again in the future if needed.

I'd want to operate the PC with a bluetooth mouse and only have to use a keyboard from time to time.

I've heard about Jellyfin, Libelec, Kodi and other stuff but I don't really know what they are.

Thanks in advance for your advice!

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[–] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 8 minutes ago) (1 children)

edit: jfc, typos. I hate typing on phone keyboards.

Secondary to that is that getting bluray to work on a computer is a pain. It's not impossible, but its not natively supported on macos or Linux (I dont know about windows, haven't used it in ages now).

Whereas if you do use the alternative methods, you don't have to fight with trying to get the os you're using to work with bluray

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Thirdly, the rips you’ll get from the alternative methods will likely be a better quality and/or smaller file size than a personal rip.

[–] nix98@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

How so? From blu-ray, I can use handbrake or ffmpeg to pick the exact quality and options I want. And I can use av1, which most torrent groups still aren't using.

I also find many of the downloads strive for smaller file size over quality. I want the opposite, as I don't ever want to have to rip again, and I want them to look perfect.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago

I also find many of the downloads strive for smaller file size over quality. I want the opposite, as I don't ever want to have to rip again, and I want them to look perfect.

Then why transcode them? Rip the remux direct from MakeMKV. As long as you're transcoding them, it's been my experience that there are much much much more knowledgable people than I when balancing quality/size.