@edjonesy said:
I’m using a Pi 2 and I’m having no problems at all, the library contains almost 800 movies, 50+ TV series and an 80gb iTunes library, they are all held on a Mac Pro connected via gigabit ethernet, the Pi is on 150n wifi. It runs fine.
As for codecs, I’ve not had to purchase any, but, all of my video media has been previously converted to mp4 format. I can’t help with your query regarding DTS, sorry.
I don’t find the menus laggy at all. Sometimes the system is a little slow to populate movies for instance, but I think that is just because the drive holding them all has gone to sleep.
The Pi crashes on occasion, but it is very occasionally.
I can navigate the library using my TV remote. Very convenient.
I leave the Pi on constantly and I’m sure it uses less power than a laptop does.
That’s great to hear - and on WiFi no less. I should probably look over my library and see if I may run into any troubling formats as well. Will be a long and painful process converting an entire library.
@benjaminwolf said:
There are some audio that’s not supported right like ATMOS. But the audio will be converted to a format that can be played.
The only codecs for sell for the PI are mpeg2 and VC8. If you’re not playing dvd copies (not rips to divx/h264/xvid format but straight mpeg2 files) you may want to spend the literal couple of bucks and get yourself a license.
http://www.raspberrypi.com/license-keys/
It’s really the most versatile Plex Player for low end hardware, but it does require some more tinkering than just downloading the app from whatever appstore your device uses.
Really the only caveats are:
-You can’t fast forward/rewind/skip while transcoding very well. So it does better as a local network client direct playing content. Good thing it direct plays most everything.
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-It supports slightly less audio/video formats then a full fledged computer. But if you need that, then stick with the full HTPC setup.
@abihsot said:
P.S.
This may be a moronic question in a sense, but is it possible to install rasplex on any other single board computers? Perhaps a Beagleboard?
I don’t believe it runs on anything else other than the official PI hardware. Some folks have tried supposed clones like the OrangePi or Banana Pi, but those are marketing naming ploys for a different board architecture and were not actually clones. So Rasplex could not run on them.
I gather this conversion is done via the Pi, and not the server?
Just checked the license keys, it’s not bad at all, even if I do need it. I thought it was going to be relatively expensive, or be an on going payment of sorts. Is there a list of NON-supported formats for audio & video?
I’m sorry, I’m not sure I understood your comment in regard to the limitations of fast-forwarding/rewinding. I don’t plan to stream from my library, everything will be viewed on my local network, and really only on my tv client, which is connected via ethernet. Does this mean I won’t be able to fast-forward and rewind with a Pi running Rasplex? If that’s the case, I think I’ll simply stick with the laptop.
Ahh, what a shame. The Beagleboard seems to have a lot more juice than the Pi (although I don’t believe they are able to play 1080p video). But in my searching, I did see a lot of mention in regard to CuBox, and it seems to have caught the attention of the developers, so hopefully soon enough.
With that being said, and assuming the unsupported formats are rare, and the fast-forwarding/rewinding issues aren’t…well, issues, then I would go down the route of Rasplex.
