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Phyliss Berard

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Aug 2, 2024, 9:29:30 AM8/2/24

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In a sea of smart TVs, and cheap streaming devices, does the HTPC still fit in? I recently found myself faced with the decision of either upgrading my old HTPC, or abandoning it altogether. Ultimately, I did decide to build a new computer for my entertainment center, but that approach may not be the best for your own media needs.

A HTPC is a full blown computer, and is priced accordingly. You can buy one pre-built or customize your own. Budgets vary wildly as you shop around with around $1,000 sufficiently satisfying a variety of entertainment needs.

I realized that I could use transmission remote, flirc usb, a wireless xbox one dongle to use my game controller, and some handy happs that let me launch bash scripts from my phone. I realized the potential of creating power HTPC builds repurposing computers from the junk pile that are great for linux support.

with some handy scripting and being able to utilize these skills I have acquired over the years I have full functionality of being able to ditch the keyboard in the loung or bedroom for an htpc build and entirely use my phone to remotely ad downloads, a script that runs youtube-dl in the background to save music I add to a playlist, remotely add torrents from my phone, and launch retroarch for some nice emulation on PS1, DOS games, Dreamcast and PSP games.

My sole purpose is to archive terrobytes of media over time to the point where years later it will become lost media and hard to find. A 100tb NAS to store and backup every single TV Show, Game, Movie etc for years to come.

I am running HTPCs in the house for a number of reasons, including the ability to use a nice TV with lightening damaged HDMI. A program above the Plex HTPC program would allow streaming sites and other apps to be selected with my Gimibox keypad without resorting to the air mouse or keyboard. It would also be nice for this application to be Linux/Windows agnostic. I have installed tools for Java development and am about to start coding.