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Jellyfin on a Windows VM with NDI scren capture (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi all, I have a Proxmox server hidden away where it annoys nobody, and a small PC I'm the TV cabinet that I need to turn On/OFF every time I use it and when a movie needs to be transcoded, the fan spins like crazy.

Have anybody tried to use a Windows VM and share the desktop with NDI? In this way I just need an NDI decoder behind the TV and all the job will be done by the server.

Any thoughts about this?

Edit: NDI: Network Device Interface: basically it's an audio/video (and intercom) transmission over IP with low latency. The sender could be an hardware encoder or a software.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Remove the PC connected to the TV (avoid turning on/off and fa noise) and watch Jellyfin and Netflix from a Windows VM on the Proxmox server.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Remove the PC connected to the TV (avoid turning on/off and fa noise) and watch Jellyfin and Netflix

This is what you’re trying to do.

Why not use something like an AppleTV or Roku?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Because do this kind of thing is fun! 😁 And since I share the Netflix account with my siblings, I can only watch it on a PC (with Edge to have 4K 🙈). ...but I'll keep the Roku option in mind. Thanks

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The Netflix part makes it a little tougher.

Maybe an android box?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Those are all chinese non branded products and none of them support 4K (maybe not even 2K) ☹️

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

What about a NVidia Shield?