@IRJ said in Running Plex in Multiple Vehicles:
This just seems like a bad idea all-around.
Offering it free
Several thousand dollar investment in equipment and labor (free I suppose)
Wonky setup that isnt user friendly and doesn't give a good user or driver experience
This isn't setup and forget about it. Don't forget to factor in maintenance
Relying on celluar data
whats wrong with being free?
the equipment listed in this thread are pretty cheap - though frankly, 60 person bus, not sure a R-Pi could handle that many streams (worse case)
hard not to agree here - Plex wasn't designed for this. You likely want something like the airlines have, and yeah, it's going to be expensive as hell!
yep, will likely require maintenace
cellular - well no, OP already said connection for this system will be WiFi to the headquarters only.
But I have some followup -
How much WiFi bandwidth is needed to support 60+ devices for streaming media?
will the media distributing device have enough bandwidth to support 60+ devices?
The OP mentioned that passengers can use the WiFi to get online via the cellular link in the bus - will there be only one WiFi network on the bus, to get to both the internet and the local video streaming? Are there any security concerns with this?