Jellyfin on a Windows VM with NDI scren capture
Jellyfin on a Windows VM with NDI scren capture
Hi all, I have a Proxmox server hidden away where it annoys nobody, and a small PC I'm the TV cabinet that I need to turn On/OFF every time I use it and when a movie needs to be transcoded, the fan spins like crazy.
Have anybody tried to use a Windows VM and share the desktop with NDI? In this way I just need an NDI decoder behind the TV and all the job will be done by the server.
Any thoughts about this?
Edit: NDI: Network Device Interface: basically it's an audio/video (and intercom) transmission over IP with low latency. The sender could be an hardware encoder or a software.
Could you install a basic secondary graphics card and fully forward it to the VM? That should make you capable of using its HDMI Ports - and this way you should also have no HDMI DRM Bullshit errors from apps like Netflix and Disney.
That's right! I have to try it, thanks!
What’s the problem you’re trying to solve?
Remove the PC connected to the TV (avoid turning on/off and fa noise) and watch Jellyfin and Netflix from a Windows VM on the Proxmox server.
Not if it's what you want, but I had success with moonlight+sunshine. Latency is unnoticeable and picture quality is great as long as the connection between the client and server is good
I've never heard of those, but it seems that are both software and I wonna get rid of the PC connected to them TV.
NDI?
Edit: did some googling. Looks to be HDMI over IP.
https://www.kiloview.com/en/what-is-ndi-why-is-ndi-technology-favored-by-the-market-2/
Kinda, the difference is that you don't need to take the output of the graphics card (so no need to run X), but you can send the video directly from a software.
Network Device Interface: basically it's an audio/video (and intercom) transmission over IP with low latency. The sender could be an hardware encoder or a software that I could install on a Windows VM and use on that machine Jellyfin and Netflix
TBH it sounds like you're doing this on hard mode. I use and recommend a Roku streaming stick (which does support netflix 4k) and jellyfin. You're using proxmox so you've already accepted a proprietary component to your stack. Unless you are using the PC in your tv cabinet as a PC, it will be sub-optimal as a client device for streaming services via TV compared to a Roku or equivalent.
Since I'm sharing the Netflix account with my siblings, I can't use a smart TV, a Roku or another player but just a browser, because the hardware players should all be using the same Internet connection.