• Weslee@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I solved it by cancelling and getting a raspberry pi, installing Plex media server, and just pirating the movies and shows I wanna watch

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      1 year ago

      I did the same thing but went with LibreELEC+Kodi. And it even works with the TV remote.

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          I’m using pi+libreelec+kodi.

          Why kodi over plex? No special reasons, kodi does everything I need and with the addons support it gives me a lot of options(torrents+streaming).

          Have been using kodi since it was called xbmc in the OG xbox modding scene. Never used Plex, so I just went with what I knew.

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            Ohhhh I had xbmc like a decade ago, before I gave up on the aye matey lifestyle, so I’ll probably choose that over plex as well. Thanks for the info. I’m looking up libreelec now, but I was just assuming it was some other hardware solution in my last comment.

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              I had xbmc like a decade ago, before I gave up on the aye matey lifestyle

              Same thing here.

              I was just assuming it was some other hardware solution

              Yeah I though so. LibreELEC is a Linux distro with just enough OS to run kodi.

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                  1 year ago

                  I’m using a rpi4 model B 4GB.

                  Works pretty well for my needs. At least until now I don’t feel like it’s underpowered.

                  It plays 4K video from my main PC with no problems or stuttering. But I mainly use it for 1080p.

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      1 year ago

      Just curious is a raspberry pi powerful enough for streaming on multiple devices in 4k? Thinking of doing a setup and sharing with my family and friends. I anyway have a pi available

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        I host anywhere from 1-6 streams at a time on a custom built server… I’d doubt you’re going to get what you’re asking without a much bigger build. It doesn’t take a crazy build for plex but if you ever need transcoding the pi can’t do it. My most recent iteration was ~$1300 but the price was mostly storage.

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        Yes, but only via direct play, it’s not going to be doing any transcoding at all watchable level.

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        It’ll only work if you can direct play everything and depending on your ISP upload speed, you may need to transcode any remote streams in which case a Pi will probably burst into flames. A comparable option would be a micro form factor office PC like an Optiplex with a recent gen Intel processor. The iGPU in these works great for transcoding.

        If you want something more serious you can do a custom built PC with a Fractal Design case (Define 5, 6, 7 or Node series) which are made to hold a ton of 3.5" drives. Again here all you really need is a newer Intel CPU and SATA ports (and/or an LSI SAS card).

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          Yeah sounds like it might be a fun project to try it out with a pi but it’s not realistic for sharing outside of my household

      • threegnomes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 year ago

        From my understanding pi doesn’t have the greatest hardware for streaming so I wouldn’t trust it for multiple devices at 4k.