Home Cinema & Multimedia Server

Home Cinema & Multimedia System : 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
  • 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 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 smartcard

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

• Port forwarding
  • tvheadend
  • http
  • pptp

9) Raspberry Pi: Always on

• OS: Raspberry Pi OS
• WoL (Wake on LAN): WakeUp server remotely
• NoIP: Dynamic DNS service
• NAS: Network Storage with external SSD
• VPN: PPTP server
• HTTP: Apache webserver
• SAMBA: Export Shares

10) SmartPhone: Any Android based device

• Apps:
  • Kodi
  • VPN client
  • Cx File Explorer

11) Laptop

• Apps:
  • Kodi

12) WiFi Hotspot

13) Internet