That is plan A, I have had buffering issues doing this at various hotels though. This is more of a plan b setup. That probably wasn’t clear.

That’s fair. I’m already very familiar with jellyfin, so the setup wasn’t much concern, but the other options provided are good.

I had considered that as well. I’m just thinking out loud.

I’ll be taking an android tv box with me, so the tv lockdown is a concern. I’ll be taking my laptop w me in case I need it. I considered just installing jellyfin on that too.

i understand the ‘do vacation things’, i like to watch tv while i fall asleep, so there’s that.

Some good things to think about here.

I would use this more if I could use a credit card instead of a bank account. How easy are chargebacks on privacy? Ease of chargebacks is a major reason I use cc over debit (also points, which I think using privacy might affect).

VLC is an option I hadn’t considered, I’d still have to get the media on the hdd, but something to consider for sure. I won’t be hosting any showings, this is just for personal viewing.

Yes, mostly just to have stuff to watch without commercials.

Hasn’t this been a rumor for like a year?

If this could be used standalone, I’d be interested. Hell, I might be interested anyways since we have no idea if the valve 2 is coming out anytime.

I don’t use their mail much, but this will get me to switch vpn to mullvad. I just wish the price was similar, proton had some sales to make it fairly cheap.

You want to to keep modification of the host to a minimum in virtualization. It makes troubleshooting so much easier.