I have a projector hooked to a Win10 computer in my living room. I also have another computer on the network stuffed full of music and videos. I’ve shared these media folders as read only on the network. I use a small wireless keyboard and trackpad to drive it (Logitech K400). I play the video files in VLC. The music I usually just use winamp. Super simple.
In the past I’d tried using the media center servers like MediaPortal, Plex, etc. They’re pretty, but I found them to be more problematic than just browsing files in directory. I also watch youtube stuff from time to time so I just open a browser on the WIn10 computer.
The girlfriend sometimes gets a Netflix account for a few months at a time and we watch via a browser instead of using a smartTV app.
I’ve been doing this for years and it works well for us.
I think I agree with most comments here.
He’s usually right and I agree with him, I just find him a little hard to watch. His videos are a bit long winded.
I 100% support him. I think his heart and mind are in the right place.