Dedicated plexhometheater machine

sandeep2 · 2015-03-17 04:48:09

Hi All,

I am looking at making a dedicated machine to run Plexhometheater. I don't have much experience with Xserver, but I want to accomplish the following.

* Be able to boot straight into tty that runs Plexhometheater only.
* Will be great if I can get MMC remote working.
* Have a minimal window manager (i3 or similar) running on another tty in case in want to tinker under the hood.

Other things to consider.
* machine has AMD apu (zotac zbox nano ad12).
* Will be running wireless for network connectivity.
* sound through HDMI.

At this stage this is just a concept in my head, don't really know how much work is involved. Would be great if some avid user can give me pointers or may be make some recommendations.

All the help is appreciated.

nullified · 2015-03-17 05:31:04

Are you going to have another machine around? I think you will, since you say this will be a dedicated entertainment center... If so, I don't think you need to set up the server such that you can switch to i3 just to tinker under the hood. SSH into it and do what you have to do when you need to.

I'm not sure what MMC is...

Everything else sounds fine. Just set up plex according to the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Plex

sandeep2 · 2015-03-17 06:03:47

Thanks for the reply nullified.

I do have another machine that I can use to ssh, though it would be nice to have i3 on a separate tty. I can't figure out how to go about setting it up. I tried searching on the web and there is no clear answer. First part that I would like to clear up is how to start Xserver on two tty at boot. Don't really want to type startx every single time and how does .xinitrc and display managers work with such a setup.

Next thing that I want to figure out is how to launch plexhometheater as standalone application, without any window manager.

MMC = multimedia remote. Sorry, self made horrible acronym.

Thanks,

jasonwryan · 2015-03-17 06:06:22

There are wiki pages on autologin and running apps without a window manager...

nullified · 2015-03-17 07:06:01

sandeep2 wrote:

Thanks for the reply nullified.
First part that I would like to clear up is how to start Xserver on two tty at boot. Don't really want to type startx every single time and how does .xinitrc and display managers work with such a setup.
Next thing that I want to figure out is how to launch plexhometheater as standalone application, without any window manager.

Why are you trying to start X on two ttys? How do display managers work with what kind of setup?

Plex is a service, just enable the service.

I think you need to take a few steps back and learn more about the different things you are trying to implement. Take jasonwryan's advice and study a few wiki pages, namely the ones on xinitrc, display managers, and plex. I think you'll discover that what you're trying to achieve is less complicated than you think it is. (you don't need two ttys for example)

Edit: I should add that basic interaction with the plex server will be through the web interface, so you can do that from a different computer without even the need to SSH in.

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sandeep2 · 2015-03-17 07:17:56

Thanks nullified & jasonwryan.

I'll readup on wiki and try to demystify the basics first. I've got too many things in my head at the moment and have confused myself horribly. Thanks for the advice, I'll post when I have made some progress.

Cheers,

nullified · 2015-03-17 07:31:33

Hi sandeep2,

I failed to distinguish between plex media server and plex home theater. So I apologize if I caused any confusion, which I think I have.

Still read about display managers, etc., but ignore my remark about only needing to start the service. That applies only to the plex server.

The home theater is a different story, see what you can glean from the wiki and post questions. Again, sorry for the confusion.

Last edited by nullified (2015-03-17 07:33:51)

sandeep2 · 2015-03-17 08:02:10

No worries at all. I'll post after doing some homework.

Thanks

Trilby · 2015-03-18 01:04:02

Sandeep, creating multiple accounts on the forums is not allowed. I removed the new account you just created, along with the nonsensical post from it.

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