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I'd look into youtube-dl. I tried all the parental controls on Youtube, Netflix, Amazon and devices only to finally realize that my idea of what's suitable does
by ballenf 9y ago
I'd look into youtube-dl. I tried all the parental controls on Youtube, Netflix, Amazon and devices only to finally realize that my idea of what's suitable doesn't have an equivalent rating.
There are so many safe for any age videos that have a bunch of kids with the worst, most cynical attitudes and no respect for authority and then wholesome shows with "intense emotion" or whatever that get rated tv-14.
So I download everything and put it on a USB hard drive hooked to a media hub.
- Nition 9y agoI've got an Intel NUC I could do this with. Is there a video player app for iOS that kids could use (i.e. Interface isn't super complex), that'd play remote media? Edit: Looked into this myself just now. VLC Streamer looks decent, as does Infuse by Firecore.
- j_s 9y agoSafari should work well enough with a webserver file listing of MP4s. You could drag an icon to the desktop for an HTML page with thumbnails if it was necessary to get fancy.
- nathancahill 9y agoAlso check out Plex Server. It's awesome. The management side is particularly well done.
- Nition 9y agoThanks, will do.
- ballenf 9y agoVLC also has a great iOS app that can stream and/or download from a desktop running the companion app.