The trouble for me was always getting people to use the controllers. I had some success with some family members using bubbleupnp on their Android phones. But the separation between sources, renderers and controllers is a little confusing for non technical people
DLNA is going to be your best bet, but it’s such a deep and convoluted rabbit hole. There’s a lot of ways to configure a setup.
Thanks for answering, I didn’t see this.
The homeassist app let’s you do that.
Exactly, a millennial has now clue about the newfangled kids stuff. Just hit “close friends”
I have a box with 10 old laptops that I keep around, just for that. Unreal tournament 2004, Insane, Brood Wars and all the Id classics. I don’t get to set it up a lot, but when I do it’s always a hit.
That joke takes me back. Had to double check if I was on slashdot.
They don’t write sql they just use some god awful orm or cram it all into a nosql db.
I’ve been using an open garage device I ordered from https://opengarage.io/ for years. It works great with home assistant or by itself. (their opensprinkler control is great too)
It’s doable. Personal experience
Couldn’t you leverage i2p or tor?
No, it was genuinely bad. Yes bugs, but it was also the classic example of corporate overlords forcing “creativity” and hoping that the licensed property would make it a success regardless of the quality.
I’ll go with a classic, “E.T. the extraterrestrial” on the Atari… It was bad. It’s badness is legendary for a reason.
Sigh. Their hearts are in the right places…
Probably should have gone with an ssd.