Streaming server to 4K TV

[Trojan Horse]

Hi guys

My IT mates at work are giving me a free router/server box. I’m getting as SSD for it to run Ubuntu Server or something like that. It’s an industrial gigabit router box I’ll get model details soon but it’s a bit old.

I wanted to know how I could go about automatically streaming 4K movies from it. Like is there a torrent provider that is good for this? I was thinking RARBG and hooking the Ubuntu box up to my VPN.
Can I automatically do this?

How would I stream to my LG (early) OLED 4K (I forgot model number)

Would I need to buy a Nvidia shield 4K or can I stick something like Plex on to stream in 4K?

 

[Trojan Horse]

Do you want your media streamed straight from internet sources or will you hold a copy locally?

If the former then I'm not sure. If the latter then consider that you're solving two problems. Getting the (legal I hope) media and serving it to your house. Both can be achieved with the one box, and probably all on Ubuntu server too, although I'm no expert on that.

So dealing with the latter problem first, serving it to your home generally is best done by using a media server application on the server where the media is and client software on the end devices. Obvious choices are Plex and Emby. I personally use Plex because there's a plethora of clients and it is pretty mature and works well with the containerisation system I use. But equally you could just use some sort of DLNA server that even things like bog standard STBs can read media from.

If you employ a media server like Plex then you don't need something as expensive as a shield to view content. The LG probably has a Plex client and if it doesn't you can cast to a Chrome device, run Plex on a cheap Firestick or android TV box - lots of solutions. I would add that the 4K bit might throw a spanner in the works as you'll need a client device that can support that or your media server will transcode it down.

The getting media bit is a grey area for discussion here. Personally I run Unraid on my server and use its docker container system for not just Plex server but for Sonarr, Radarr, SABNzb, Deluge and OpenVPN to achieve what I think you want. Probably better places other than OCUK forums to discuss that stuff though.

Thanks man

Can I ask where you get your 4K content? I have Sky Q, Netflix 4K AND Prime 4K... There is literally never any good content I want to watch, especially in 4K. I've already seen them in 4K anyway. Did you go through any tutorials to get there? Which forums are good to discuss