All depends on what you need to do.
If you need realtime transcoding to devices then a beefy backend is a must.
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All depends on what you need to do.
If you need realtime transcoding to devices then a beefy backend is a must.
Put together the bookcase I bought today. Need another one now!
You need a couple more shelves.
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I run a plex server on a new pi 3. Havent found anything it wont stream yet.
Depends what your are streaming to...
My Plex server uses a i3-4130 2C4T, and it smashes through real time transcoding like no ones business, only issue i have with mine is when it comes to 1:1 4K Blu Ray, i needs a couple of minutes to buffer the transcode after that its flawless!
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Nillikin Case for the OnePlus 3T (Also sits slightly higher than the camera), some Type-C dust covers and a 3-Pack of Anker Poweline USB Type-C cables
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Means you don't have to keep multi re-encodes for different devices.
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Not 2005-2015 they didn't I don't believe.
Example,
MKV 1080p with DTS Audio
Streaming to Amazon Fire TV
Amazon Fire TV does not support DTS passthrough so the Plex server Transcodes the Audio Stream to Dolby Digital 5.1 in realtime so the amazon Fire TV can play the file.
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Cool, thanks. Does the receiving device automatically request a certain encoding for the files it requests? Or is that set in the Server to deliver a only a certain type of encoding to that particular device?
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The plex app on the device decides and the plex server delivers...Its all automated.
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Even mine was closer to 13k in 1998 according to the original bill of sale I got when I bought it
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I have a good blu-ray player and a good TV, so disc will always be the option for me. Plus it's far superior quality to that of a streamed rip - I prefer to watch my films at the full bitrate.
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These days I just rip bluray 1:1 in makemkv and stream them to a player that can handle it (htpc for exanple).
Just imagine how much plastic and pointless packaging would be saved if we moved to a steam based bluray model.
Instead of games, you buy the bluray and download it
50gb is no biggy these days to download.
For you mabye...would take me a day or two to download....and I would be able to do NOTHING all day while its download without cutting the speed in half.
Also large capacity hard drives are expensive and can die at any time taking your collection with them. (I don't buy blu rays new, I pay maximum £2).
I have a mix of blu rays and digital copy's on two 5TB drives.
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I stream to iphone, lg tv and a now tv box at my parents house over the internet
All different devices (not at same time) and no problems yet
You live in the sticks?
Not in the sticks but in a place with only copper, my max download is 2mb/s
and that's when nothing else is using the connection.