Mini media pc

Johnatan56 said:
Again, all of them are about the same hassle, you're arguing against things that all aren't a lot of effort. Kodi is a good media player, it can handle a lot of files just fine.
Lots of people don't have their PC on or whatever, so just having a flash drive, plugging it into their Chromecast or whatever (though you'll need a USB C hub) is easy enough for most as well. Plex means PC somewhere must be on, some don't want that. Your needs are not the same as others, this argument is dumb, both are good tools and are complementary.
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None of the above is contextual to this conversation.

By definition an always on PC was part of the equation from the very start.

And my argument wasn’t against Kodi at all, as you right say it fits that need perfectly.

My problem was using the two together because they aren’t complementary and that still doesn’t make sense.

Choose one or the other.
 
SauRoNZA said:
And my argument wasn’t against Kodi at all, as you right say it fits that need perfectly.
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Right.

SauRoNZA said:
Plex has always been way ahead of XBMC/Kodi with its sever + client focus instead of the everything in one place that Kodi does.

Last I checked Kodi is still a nightmare to operate in a multiple client environment with a central database which Plex does by design right out of the gates.

But it does explain why people still want to put the entire server under their TV.
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Your issue was with the sub standard design which you side skirted at every opportunity. I get it your Plex serves you well, I respect that but beating Kodi down just because you havent set it up to suite your use case is something else and not warranted.

If you want to fork out $39 p/y for Plex for not bothering to set Kodi up correctly. Good for you, some people prefer to throw cash rather than DIY, fair play. Personally I enjoy the challenge and get enjoyment of a system tailored to me and my families unique needs.
 
s0lar said:
Right.


Your issue was with the sub standard design which you side skirted at every opportunity. I get it your Plex serves you well, I respect that but beating Kodi down just because you havent set it up to suite your use case is something else and not warranted.

If you want to fork out $39 p/y for Plex for not bothering to set Kodi up correctly. Good for you, some people prefer to throw cash rather than DIY, fair play. Personally I enjoy the challenge and get enjoyment of a system tailored to me and my families unique needs.
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Just get the lifetime plan. Got mine in 2014 for $75. Apart from the Windscribe lifetime I got a few years ago it's the best money I've ever spend.
 
s0lar said:
Right.


Your issue was with the sub standard design which you side skirted at every opportunity. I get it your Plex serves you well, I respect that but beating Kodi down just because you havent set it up to suite your use case is something else and not warranted.

If you want to fork out $39 p/y for Plex for not bothering to set Kodi up correctly. Good for you, some people prefer to throw cash rather than DIY, fair play. Personally I enjoy the challenge and get enjoyment of a system tailored to me and my families unique needs.
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Aah you seem to be one of those “free is always better” people.

The DIY is just a scapegoat argument for being a cheap ass.

Besides the fact that you don’t need to pay for it. Those are all upgrades benefits that not everyone sees a use for.

You also assume that I didn’t use Kodi from it’s very original existence on the Xbox 1 (homebrewing it myself) all the way through to it becoming Kodi and building appliance devices for it running on Windows and Linux and later on OpenELEC and ultimately coming to the conclusion it’s just not fit for purpose.

It’s got nothing to do with money or not wanting to DIY and everything to do with Kodi simply not supporting the requirements.

My entire house runs on Linux and Dockers. It’s all DIY.

There’s no challenge installing Kodi, it’s just an application.

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By the way I’m not an advocate for Plex Pass as it doesn’t really do anything meaningful.

I bought the Lifetime licenses years ago because I felt the developers deserved it.

Same way I use Unraid instead of the free alternatives because it’s simply a far superior product.
 
all this being said I am definitely going to repurpose my NUC once it is running again as an Unraid server :thumbsup:
 
s0lar said:
Yes as it is with Kodi and HTML 5. Less hassle, no need to install an app. And no need to hand over your metadata or pay for the service.
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Which client would I use to stream to my Samsung TV from my a local Kodi server?
 
s0lar said:
Right.


Your issue was with the sub standard design which you side skirted at every opportunity. I get it your Plex serves you well, I respect that but beating Kodi down just because you havent set it up to suite your use case is something else and not warranted.

If you want to fork out $39 p/y for Plex for not bothering to set Kodi up correctly. Good for you, some people prefer to throw cash rather than DIY, fair play. Personally I enjoy the challenge and get enjoyment of a system tailored to me and my families unique needs.
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Plex is also free ;)
 
_kabal_ said:
up next:
unRAID vs FreeNAS??
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UnRAID.

Why?

Because you can start UnRaid with a single drive and you can mix and match sizes as you go along.

If anything ever goes wrong you can pull any single drive out and get your data off it.

FreeNAS and others require you planning the whole array up front with same size drives which is a major expense. If the array dies it’s all dead. What you in win in it being “free” you lose out in major initial expense and lack of flexibility.

UnRaid (much like Plex) is so cheap it’s pretty much inconsequential. They also offer very nice upgrade paths should you even need to go that far.

NUC isn’t really the right thing for the job and again the HP Microserver is ace especially with its internal USB port.

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Free NAS also requires sacrificing one drive and slot for its own installation from what I remember but this may have changes. UnRaid runs off a USB flash drive and boots into memory so you have a hard drive slot spare.
 
SauRoNZA said:
UnRAID.

Why?

Because you can start UnRaid with a single drive and you can mix and match sizes as you go along.

If anything ever goes wrong you can pull any single drive out and get your data off it.

FreeNAS and others require you planning the whole array up front with same size drives which is a major expense. If the array dies it’s all dead. What you in win in it being “free” you lose out in major initial expense and lack of flexibility.

UnRaid (much like Plex) is so cheap it’s pretty much inconsequential. They also offer very nice upgrade paths should you even need to go that far.

NUC isn’t really the right thing for the job and again the HP Microserver is ace especially with its internal USB port.

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Free NAS also requires sacrificing one drive and slot for its own installation from what I remember but this may have changes. UnRaid runs off a USB flash drive and boots into memory so you have a hard drive slot spare.
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Nice. Thanks for the detailed explanation.

so the internal usb you can basically use as as a permanent boot drive?

will definitely look into this - sell the nuc when it is back in action and get an hp :thumbsup:
 
_kabal_ said:
Nice. Thanks for the detailed explanation.

so the internal usb you can basically use as as a permanent boot drive?

will definitely look into this - sell the nuc when it is back in action and get an hp :thumbsup:
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Yeah Unraid locks their license to the UUID of the USD flash drive and it always boots off that.
 
Speedster said:
This is good to hear. I'd love to hear your reasons for switching
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Rebuilt my home cluster over the weekend. Was short on enthusiasm to reroll my own so I used this project bundled with Plex with the intension to swap it out for minidlna down the line. https://github.com/kubealex/k8s-mediaserver-operator

Family prefer the Plex UI and where the first to protest. Me personally, was worried about it being a load heavy application being more bloated than minidlna as my cluster is mostly used for work projects which takes priority over media .etc. Surprisingly plex has less load than minidlna. Spikes to 20 millicores while streaming with no transcode obviously. So it was a no brainer, clearly well written and optimised.

First spike is a library scan and second starting a stream and the negligible steam load thereafter.

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