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Weslee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• pfaca@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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  • ericisshort@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Abby’s you choose that over the pi+plex?

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    • pfaca@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      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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      • ericisshort@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        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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• spader312@lemmy.world ⁨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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  • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    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.

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    • spader312@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah sounds like it might be a fun project to try it out with a pi but it’s not realistic

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  • holycrapwtfatheism@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    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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  • threegnomes@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨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.

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  • Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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