Home Cinema & Multimedia Server

Overview

Description

1) Server: Standard desktop PC running Linux Mint

• Hardware
  • Motherboard: ASRock G31M-GS
  • CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU X9650 @ 3.00GHz
  • Memory: 4GiB SDRAM
  • Video: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
  • Network: Realtek 1Gbit/s
  • Storage SSD: Samsung SSD 840 232GiB (250GB)
  • Storage HD: Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 2794GiB (3TB)
  • Satellite Tuner PCIe Card: DVBSky S952 Dual DVB-S/S2 PCIe (V3)
• Software
  • OS: Linux Mint (Uma)
  • Tuner: tvheadend
  • Media Center: Kodi
  • SmartCard: OSCam
  • Remote Control: lirc

2) Monitor/Keyboard/Mouse

• Standard HDMI Monitor
• Standard USB Keyboard & Mouse

3) Satellite dish: Standard 90 cm diameter dish

• 2x 4 port DiSEqc
• 2x Coax cable to DVB-S2 tuner card in 1) server
• 2x LNB: Konig Universal Twin LNB
  • LNB1: Astra 2, 28.2 (BBC)
  • LNB2: Astra 3, 23.5 (TV Vlaanderen)

4) Full HD TV: Standard HDMI TV

5) Smartcard Reader: Used by tvheadend

• USB Smargo reader with legitimate smart-card

6) Remote Control Unit: Control Kodi UI

• USB IR Philips eHome Infrared Transceiver (supported by lirc)

7) Bluetooth Keyboard: Control Kodi UI

8) WiFi Router: BBox-3

• 100 Mb/s Fiber access to Internet
• 1 Gb/s Local Ethernet ports
• Port forwarding:
  • TVH HTSP/HTTP: to tvheadend on 1) server
  • HTTP: to apache2 on 9) Raspberry Pi
  • PPTP: to pptpd on 9) Raspberry Pi

9) Raspberry Pi: Always on

• Version: Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Rev 1.1
• OS: Raspberry Pi OS (Bullseye)
• WoL (Wake on LAN): WakeUp 1) Server remotely
• NoIP: Dynamic DNS service to associate public IP address with own domain name
• NAS: Network Storage with external SSD
• Samba: Export NAS shares locally
• VPN: Access to local network through PPTP server
• HTTP: NAS access through Apache webserver (read-only)

10) Smartphone: Any Android based device

• Apps: Web Browser, Kodi, VPN client, Cx File Explorer

11) Laptop

• Apps: Web Browser, Kodi

12) WiFi Hotspot

13) Internet