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!

  • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    4 hours ago

    The external Bluray poayer is a necessary for me as I really want to make copies of my own movies.

    Some of them could also be difficult to find on torrent sites and a Blu ray player can also be useful to backup my videogames at one point.

    In my country, it is legal to make copies of something you own. Even downloading movies is legal to make, but it ain’t what I want 😇

    • blitzen@lemmy.ca
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      4 hours ago

      I hear you on those concerns. You may find that ripping blu-rays, even if legal, has technical decrypting hurdles too high to clear. Just keep your option open is my suggestion.