CONFIGURE PLEX MEDIA SERVER WITH ROUTER INSTALL

That all depends on the interface of the 'computer' inside the car. The next hard part would be linking plex to the specific drive. There's a lot of variables on the hard drive that I'm not too saavy on but that would be the hard part of the issue. I wonder if the ports are still there for them, if so it would take some administrator privileages to get the external added to the computer directory. From what i'm seeing, the 2021 had the internal hard drive removed. Unfortunately, you would have to add the external hard drive to iDrive and have it recognized as a directory. In theory, if every device is connected to the car, that would be the intranet we are looking for. I wont be running 4k but that's not a big deal to me since most of the videos for the kids are animated and the bandwidth/transcoding is a bit unnecessary.Ģ) It might be possible to run over the car wifi if you can get into the internal router. That's what I tested it on and it works well. Ubuntu has an installer from the raspberry pi imager that has an app for plex media server. Ģ) is it possible to run this over the car's wireless?ġ) No, not Raspbian (Raspberry Pi OS now). looking forward toreading more about this.ġ) will you use the rasp as media server and router in one device? e.g. This will pay dividends if you ever go to resell the car.Īwesome project. May I suggest putting the button to activate your system in the center console? This way it won't take away from the aesthetics of the interior. This sounds like a very interesting project.

CONFIGURE PLEX MEDIA SERVER WITH ROUTER INSTALL

Either way, I'll test some trim when I'm ready to install and see where it goes. I'm looking on to help a bit but it's not giving me much. If anyone can point me in the direction of a video, thread, or pictures where the interior trim on the dash or shifter is removed, i'd be forever grateful. Naturally, since my interior is the ivory white vernasca, everything should be as close a match as possible to the color. Use rear 12v outlet for triple USB C headphone charging. Mount and power iPads on the back of the seats.

Power the router and Pi to run Plex on intranet in spare tire area (auto-log in, auto app-start). Waiting for about half the stuff to ship currently and the expensive parts in a couple weeks.īasic premise - Use the stainless steel switch as an 'on' switch to a power inverter connected to the rear battery. I tested this today on a Raspberry Pi 3 and it's 100% functionally possible.

The plan is to use a Raspberry Pi 4, an external hard drive, a router, and iPads as a self-contained media intranet for the rear seat passengers. I'm planning on installing a stainless steel, latching button laser custom engraved with the wifi symbol in the gear shifter area on the poplar trim.

Because of my (((Relevant Username))), I've decided to take on project 2 of the G05 experience and build a rolling media server in the car for those extra long trips to Disneyland Paris, Italy, Athens, Prague, or wherever we decide to drive to over the next couple years.

Configure plex media server with router