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Any of you guys running nas/plex server on the PI4?

Considering getting the 4gb version with an external hdd to run my media/download server. I need to know if it will be able to run codec without buffering.
 
SykomantiS said:
Also got the mails the previous two days. 1GB, 2GB and Pibow coupe cases are in stock. No 4GB or official Type-C chargers in stock yet.
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the case my in my sights, until I watched a review where it dies not fit properly, the top layer of perspex gets in the way of some components.

my wants included the coupe ninja case, the fanshim, and the large heatsink.

I have now changed my mind to the ice tower cooler. Not sure which case though.
 
Ares1000101 said:
the case my in my sights, until I watched a review where it dies not fit properly, the top layer of perspex gets in the way of some components.

my wants included the coupe ninja case, the fanshim, and the large heatsink.

I have now changed my mind to the ice tower cooler. Not sure which case though.
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To be honest, I haven't even really looked into cases. I just put a couple of Pi-4 related items onto my wishlist so I can keep track of when they get stock in.
 
Question. I'm running an old pc with an amd a4-8350b cpu.

It's almost always on 100% cpu usage, and can't smoothly play 1080p60. It's my media pc and ideally needs to do 4k60 for the 1080p60 vids to still play at 60fps.

I will soon be upgrading my has well 4670k system to ryzen 3000 but will still need a gpu since my mobo doesn't support hdmi 2.0 for 4k60.

The nvidia 1030 is just over a grand, but would a pie be the better all round option?
 
I guess it depends on HEVC / H.265 support on the pi 4, but I'd hazard yes. (Not having one nor tested one myself, yet). Media playback is one of the things I have in mind for the pi 4. My parents took early retirement in the beginning of this year and they're caravanning about with a 32" tv, a laptop (not a particularly powerful or new one) and an external hdd. The idea is to relieve the laptop of its duties. So sometime in the future I'll be having a go at this. If it doesn't work out, I guess I'll have a pi to do something else with.
 
Zuner said:
Question. I'm running an old pc with an amd a4-8350b cpu.

It's almost always on 100% cpu usage, and can't smoothly play 1080p60. It's my media pc and ideally needs to do 4k60 for the 1080p60 vids to still play at 60fps.

I will soon be upgrading my has well 4670k system to ryzen 3000 but will still need a gpu since my mobo doesn't support hdmi 2.0 for 4k60.

The nvidia 1030 is just over a grand, but would a pie be the better all round option?
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If you're just saying you wanna either buy a Pi, or an nVidia 1030, no other expenses and you don't care about how much space it takes up, then I'd say go for the GPU.
 
Dylan_G said:
First and foremost, storage server. I have been waiting for a pi with USB 3.0 for years.
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Yes, me too, but what I wanted more (and that's why my server is an Orange Pi ATM) is for them not to share the network and USB ports, which the Pi4 does not. :)
 
Dylan_G said:
No active cooling? The Pi4 *needs* active cooling.

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Ares1000101 said:
the case my in my sights, until I watched a review where it dies not fit properly, the top layer of perspex gets in the way of some components.

my wants included the coupe ninja case, the fanshim, and the large heatsink.

I have now changed my mind to the ice tower cooler. Not sure which case though.
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Made this custom design case for my pi3 from a picture I saw on the internet, just need to reverse the Ethernet, and usb ports for pi4, should have enough space for active cooling
 

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ItherNiT said:
Any of you guys running nas/plex server on the PI4?

Considering getting the 4gb version with an external hdd to run my media/download server. I need to know if it will be able to run codec without buffering.
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Im doing that with my Pi2. I doubt Plex will work 100% due to the CPU (not enough CPU grunt for on the fly transcoding), but what will definitely work is if you share the media via SAMBA, and use Kodi/VLC/whatever to play it elsewhere. That way the transcoding happens on the client side, not server side (pi). Even my Pi2 can share 8GB media files without breaking a sweat.
 
HeftyCrab said:
Im doing that with my Pi2. I doubt Plex will work 100% due to the CPU (not enough CPU grunt for on the fly transcoding), but what will definitely work is if you share the media via SAMBA, and use Kodi/VLC/whatever to play it elsewhere. That way the transcoding happens on the client side, not server side (pi). Even my Pi2 can share 8GB media files without breaking a sweat.
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I am pretty certain on my setup, if the plex client device can play the file, no transcoding happens on the server. So its only an issue if client devices cant play the files.
 
K3NS31 said:
If you're just saying you wanna either buy a Pi, or an nVidia 1030, no other expenses and you don't care about how much space it takes up, then I'd say go for the GPU.
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Correct, its either or. no other expenses, and don't care about space, electricity usage on the PI and ability to mess around would be a plus though. I have a pi zero w for that though.
However i'm getting real fed up when noticing frame drops on even 720p60 YT videos.
Upgrading my gaming pc soon and will use the old one as a media server with a 1030 for the 4k60.
 
Tinuva said:
I am pretty certain on my setup, if the plex client device can play the file, no transcoding happens on the server. So its only an issue if client devices cant play the files.
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That is how I understand it as well.
 
Tinuva said:
I am pretty certain on my setup, if the plex client device can play the file, no transcoding happens on the server. So its only an issue if client devices cant play the files.
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I'll be installing Emby server on mine to link to Kodi on my Android TV (Skyworth). I used to use Emby on my mini ITX (very slow CPU) with Kodi on a Pi 3b and that worked very well.
 
K3NS31 said:
I'll be installing Emby server on mine to link to Kodi on my Android TV (Skyworth). I used to use Emby on my mini ITX (very slow CPU) with Kodi on a Pi 3b and that worked very well.
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Got the same setup with mine. The nice thing is that emby also populates the thumbnails of the movies and shows even on my ps3 and kodi
 
Spiderman_RT said:
Got the same setup with mine. The nice thing is that emby also populates the thumbnails of the movies and shows even on my ps3 and kodi
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AND, it seems that Emby is much lighter than Plex on server resources. (I think).
 
bar1 said:
Try Jellyfin
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I had issues on windows 10 to connect it to the raspberry pi with kodi on, could not get the samba working. Thus the emby workaround, does jellyfin also pull through the tumbnails of movies and shows to kodi?
 
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