• RatzChatsubo
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    9 months ago

    Will it handle all features of Plex? Like streaming high def and using all plexamp features?

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        9 months ago

        But are there cheaper options… who am I kidding. Raspberry Pi 5 will instantly get scalped for 80+ dollars.

        Edit: looks like they are already 60-80 dollars

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        9 months ago

        Any suggestions that you could make? I’m in the market for replacing my plex box.

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          9 months ago

          So, the pi is $80. That is without a case, power supply, or hard drive. Once you add these things to the Pi, you are into the $100-200 price range. At that point, you can just get an old desktop or a micro desktop. There are some youtube videos about it. I think they are maybe twice as big as a pi, but have intel processors in them.

          They will be cheaper or similar in price and have better performance.

          I just use an old desktop that has a 4th gen i5 and it runs significantly better than the pi4 does. Plus, I can just throw all my drives in the case and not need to worry about USB connected drives.

          Also, I recommend Jellyfin over Plex.

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              9 months ago

              I guess, it’s not going to be a huge difference when you factor in using a bunch of hard drives.

              The raspberry pi has its place for sure, but those micropcs are probably a better deal for most people who want them for home use.

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          9 months ago

          I use a J5040-ITX ATM. I know it says Pentium but don’t take that for granted. This chip is really just a lower binned i3 throttled enough to be passively cooled.

          I run Plex as a docker-compose workload and bind mount /dev/dri which passes Intels quick sync accelerator into the container for Plex to use.

          This enabled hw encoding. I also make sure I can direct stream from all of my clients. This setup can handle a few 4k streams and several 1080p streams.

          I mainly use it hoard to losseless music and hard to find cartoons / movies.

          I have an upgrade to a Pi Cluster planned but I don’t recommend it unless you specifically want to run Pis.

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          9 months ago

          Any Intel CPU 8th gen or newer with quick sync can do like 20 simultaneous 1080p transcodes. You could get a Celeron and have a powerful plex box. Look up guides for the HP 290 as a starting place.