OK, this is cool
https://www.instructables.com/Jcorp-Nomad-Mini-WIFI-Media-Server/
What is Jcorp Nomad?
Nomad is a self-contained, battery-friendly media server that fits in your pocket.
It creates a local Wi-Fi hotspot with no internet connection needed, allowing you to stream your own movies, shows, music, books, and more directly from a microSD card. It’s perfect for camping, road trips, classrooms, or any scenario where connectivity is limited or unavailable.
TL;DR: Low power ESP-32 media server, that creates a local WiFi hotspot, media front end and serves upto 8 streams simultaneously.
Disclosure: no affiliation with project, other than wishing I’d thought of it first. I love me some ESP-32 black magic.
Fitst of all: very cool project! And also I know that this is the selfhosted community, but can someone explain to me the benefits of a server in my pocket compared to just having all the media directly on my phone? I mean I have a 1TB microSD in there, can open nearly everything with VLC and have not bottleneck in the wireless connection.
It’s so other people can watch and stream your media from their devices as well.
or if you have other devices like laptop you can access media from it too