@Fumbles@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoWhat is a fun gadget you have purchased that has added value to your life?message-square469fedilinkarrow-up1402arrow-down16
arrow-up1396arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a fun gadget you have purchased that has added value to your life?@Fumbles@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year agomessage-square469fedilink
minus-squarekratoz29linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoIt is truly amazing how you can put a decent multimedia provider with minimal hardware, heck, my two units act as a PMS each, and it serves well enough my usage, my girlfriend and the one user that actually uses it remotely lol.
minus-square@LilB0kChoy@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•1 year agoFor sure! The only reason I upgraded is because the OptiPlex costs a lot to run in terms of electricity. For stuff I pretty much run 24/7 I really wanted better power efficiency.
minus-square@dan@upvote.aulinkfedilink2•1 year agoYou can run Plex on a Raspberry Pi if you disable transcoding!
minus-squarekratoz29linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoYeah I know, but sooner or later you’d need transcoding, especially if you share your server :/
It is truly amazing how you can put a decent multimedia provider with minimal hardware, heck, my two units act as a PMS each, and it serves well enough my usage, my girlfriend and the one user that actually uses it remotely lol.
For sure! The only reason I upgraded is because the OptiPlex costs a lot to run in terms of electricity.
For stuff I pretty much run 24/7 I really wanted better power efficiency.
You can run Plex on a Raspberry Pi if you disable transcoding!
Yeah I know, but sooner or later you’d need transcoding, especially if you share your server :/