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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spader312@lemmy.world 8 months agoJust 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
holycrapwtfatheism@kbin.social 8 months ago
threegnomes@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
From my understanding pi doesn’t have the greatest hardware for streaming so I wouldn’t trust it for multiple devices at 4k.
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yes, but only via direct play, it’s not going to be doing any transcoding at all watchable level.
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 8 months 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.
spader312@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yeah sounds like it might be a fun project to try it out with a pi but it’s not realistic