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Post by Rain on Sept 7, 2015 0:25:19 GMT -5
I plan to make one out of an older dell optiplex 780 I have.Not sure on the OS yet. plex.tv
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Post by glider on Sept 7, 2015 0:37:19 GMT -5
Nice to see you back Rain. I found out about Plex a year ago and was planning on using it for a media server that can stream all over the house devices, Just haven't got around to getting it assembled. I'm pretty sure its top notch software.
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Post by Rain on Sept 7, 2015 0:59:58 GMT -5
Nice to see you back Rain. I found out about Plex a year ago and was planning on using it for a media server that can stream all over the house devices, Just haven't got around to getting it assembled. I'm pretty sure its top notch software. thanks. Raspberry Pi as a plex server.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2015 2:05:17 GMT -5
Nice idea. I was thinking about doing something similar with my Pi but turned it into a VPN server instead. I'd probably put Debian on the Optiplex.
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Post by petergallagher on Sept 7, 2015 8:26:49 GMT -5
I've been using xbmc (now kodi) for years and is great. Installed it on a RPi 1 and worked fine but now I'm using it for another project. Have read that in the RPi 2 it works like a charm. Have tried Plex several times and is far limited than Kodi. Kofi is full with add-ons (YouTube player, Subtitle downloader, Retro Game Emulators, Transmissions Torrent Client, Netflix and other movie and music streamers, and lots I that doesn't came to mind now.
Don't know if you want to use it for video or music but is great for both.
Although it is more for being connect to a TV/monitor than just a server for stream from.
Give it a try if you want.
Kodi.tv
Ps: and there are great Android and iOS apps to stream easily and organizated.
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Post by Rain on Sept 7, 2015 14:00:23 GMT -5
I've been using xbmc (now kodi) for years and is great. Installed it on a RPi 1 and worked fine but now I'm using it for another project. Have read that in the RPi 2 it works like a charm. Have tried Plex several times and is far limited than Kodi. Kofi is full with add-ons (YouTube player, Subtitle downloader, Retro Game Emulators, Transmissions Torrent Client, Netflix and other movie and music streamers, and lots I that doesn't came to mind now. Don't know if you want to use it for video or music but is great for both. Although it is more for being connect to a TV/monitor than just a server for stream from. Give it a try if you want. Kodi.tv Ps: and there are great Android and iOS apps to stream easily and organizated. Thanks and for sure looking into it. Very interested in Raspberry Pi, but I do have two small Dell Optiplex 780 small form factors with bad power supply that only cost 60 bucks or less to replace. I do like RPi for small and non moving parts, just read some performance issues with them, which is a bit concern. Kind of in the middle of which route to go. RPi or Optiplex.
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Post by Rain on Dec 15, 2015 23:40:56 GMT -5
The build is on this weekend. I ordered and replaced power supply out of 780 SMFF. Unfortunately, I might go with Windows 7 ultimate partition with another partition with slackware , because sites like the history channel and countless others only work in IE browser, due poor scripting.
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Post by Rain on Dec 23, 2015 0:49:17 GMT -5
I went elementary Os with Kodi afterall. All is good though
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Post by Sternumman on Jan 4, 2016 22:14:49 GMT -5
Just set up my Plex server and I love it. Like how it adds poster art to all the movies and everything is organized cleanly.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2016 17:18:02 GMT -5
Yeah I built a plex server..
it's microscopic...
it's on the end of my nob...
under my fucking smeg head
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Post by Rain on Jan 10, 2016 13:12:08 GMT -5
Actually, I used chromixium.org, installed ubuntu software center, vlc, swapped out chromium browser for the actual chrome bowser and few other things. I think streaming video with OS 1.5 GB of RAM at the highest usage. Wifi dongle works fine too. I used plex and kodi as well.
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Post by joakim on Jan 20, 2016 15:11:49 GMT -5
I run Plex on my desktop computer, but have been considering switching to a dedicated server, or use a 2-bay NAS (network-attached storage, not the rapper). I have some doubts about the performance on some of the cheapest NAS-devices (been told that transcoding, etc will not work due to the processor using ARM-archiceture, which is primarily for smaller devices such as smartphones,etc..), so might go for another setup. Could also be fun to test with my Raspberry Pi, but I guess it's better to use the desktop machine instead as I'd prefer a powerful setup over mobility for the primary use. Basically I need it to organize and play a big harddrive of fairly big video files in a variety of formats.
I'm very happy with Plex so far, but will have to look into pros/cons of KODI as well. I'm new to all this, but it's something I'm very keen to get up and running well. I recently got my Chromecast connected, so no need to connect my harddrive (or even worse; burn DVDs) whenever I want to watch Oasis gigs I have.
Joakim
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Post by Rain on Jan 21, 2016 1:48:08 GMT -5
I run Plex on my desktop computer, but have been considering switching to a dedicated server, or use a 2-bay NAS (network-attached storage, not the rapper). I have some doubts about the performance on some of the cheapest NAS-devices (been told that transcoding, etc will not work due to the processor using ARM-archiceture, which is primarily for smaller devices such as smartphones,etc..), so might go for another setup. Could also be fun to test with my Raspberry Pi, but I guess it's better to use the desktop machine instead as I'd prefer a powerful setup over mobility for the primary use. Basically I need it to organize and play a big harddrive of fairly big video files in a variety of formats. I'm very happy with Plex so far, but will have to look into pros/cons of KODI as well. I'm new to all this, but it's something I'm very keen to get up and running well. I recently got my Chromecast connected, so no need to connect my harddrive (or even worse; burn DVDs) whenever I want to watch Oasis gigs I have. Joakim I know a lot of people did NAS. I used an old small form factor 780 optiplex Dell. I flirted with rasberry pi idea, but logical was buy a 35 dollar power supply to fix the 780. Lenovo Tiny pcs are pretty good. shop.lenovo.com/us/en/desktops/thinkcentre/m-series-tiny/ Cheaper on amazon by a lot. My office has tiny intel i5 velcro on a back of 65" InFocus JTouch. Works smooth and handles streaming and touch screen fine.
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Post by Rain on Jul 9, 2018 2:16:54 GMT -5
This thread needs an update. Currently, my main server is an older Mac Pro Model Name: Mac Pro Model Identifier: MacPro5,1 Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor Speed: 2.93 GHz Number of Processors: 2 Total Number of Cores: 8 L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB L3 Cache (per Processor): 8 MB Memory: 32 GB I need to add another 4-Bay external drive to it and hook up via thunderbolt. Run a RAID 5 on all of my drives. I got the Mac Pro in Feb for 477 dollars. On the fly transcoding with plex and running other VMs at once is fine. The computer hardly breaks a sweat. Also, Nintendo emulators are great. It's a fantastic built computer. While everyone is a mobile user with phones, laptops or iPads. A good computer to store your media is still needed. I know most rent content with Spotify, Apple music, Amazon Prime or Netflix. I still like to own a digital copy. Plex is great, I can access my media content everywhere and stream without additional cost. Tonido www.tonido.com/ is great and is like a personal cloud storage access like Google Drive, Onedrive, and Dropbox, but 100% your control. Highly suggested for Mac users as well.
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Post by Rain on Sept 12, 2020 21:19:09 GMT -5
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