I’m looking to install 8 android boxes in my server room and have them display picture to my TV’s in 8 different rooms. My question is is that possible? Or would I have to have each box behind the TV?
I’m looking to install 8 android boxes in my server room and have them display picture to my TV’s in 8 different rooms. My question is is that possible? Or would I have to have each box behind the TV?
For eight clients, I'd recommend a single Plex server running on a modern i5 CPU. Your method seems inefficient unless you already have a lot of Android boxes laying around anyway.
Edit: you only need a server if you maintain your own media library. If you're just streaming stuff from the internet, you can put a cheap streamer behind each TV. Something like a Fire Stick or Roku.
Better to put boxes behind the TVs. It is possible to run HDMI over long distances but easier and cheaper to use short HDMI cables.
Also, if you put boxes in different room, you need to worry about how to control them. Since IR remotes won’t work, and even RF remotes might be flaky.
A bunch of Rasp Pi's would be better.
The TV's might even be able to take a USB drive and display an image too.
But an Android TV box like a Mi Box or Shield would absolutely be overkill.
I also wouldn't recommend regular Android boxes for anything.
Now you have me wondering how long it will be until we can run virtual instances of ATV on a server with dumb input and output at the point of interaction. I think the processor is the limiting factor rn, not to mention the lag would be annoying.
These are consumer devices though. I've heard that you can buy some decent hdmi powered android sticks w/ ethernet. Worth a test if your quarrel is with setup aesthetics and network.
What are you trying to do exactly?
Android boxes don't fall under the Android TV OS branch here. Gotta look elsewhere.