So I see that there is a version of PHT that runs on Rasberry PI....
Is this worth trying out? Can I expect it to work as good as or better than my Windows7 laptop running PHT connected to my TV? It would be nice to have a smaller device that consumes less power and that can stay on all the time. But I find it hard to believe a Rasberry PI is up to the task. Can anyone give any testimonials?
So I see that there is a version of PHT that runs on Rasberry PI....
Is this worth trying out? Can I expect it to work as good as or better than my Windows7 laptop running PHT connected to my TV? It would be nice to have a smaller device that consumes less power and that can stay on all the time. But I find it hard to believe a Rasberry PI is up to the task. Can anyone give any testimonials?
Don;t think the Pi has the power. I had a go and ditched it in favour of the Roku
The RPi obviously has far less processing power than a full-blown modern PC, so it does respond much slower when it comes to browsing through a media section, especially in the 'Icon Wall' mode that is the default for the new 'Plex' skin. And the CODEC support is also somewhat limited requiring transcoding at the server end for some formats that would not need it on a normally equipped PC.
But given those limitations it does play most media quite well, and the bitrate capacity can be raised by a few tricks, such as running RasPlex off a fast USB3 stick and slightly overclocking both CPU and GPU.
NB: Overclocking can be done safely if using Class10 SDcard and/or USB3 sticks, as well as having the RPi in a fairly well ventilated area.
The main advantage of the RPi with RasPlex as compared to most other cheap set-top boxes is that it's running a direct port of PHT, with current experimental RasPlex releases being based on the sources of PHT v1.0.9 (same as the current PC release).
Best regards: dlanor
The playback should be improved by the proper implementation of transcoding which is an ongoing work.
I am also working with tobias and some other plex guys who bring us much support and interest (Thanks to them again !) in our work so that we can try to improve perf as much as possible on RPi.
As dlanor is reporting, we're based on the latest PHT tree and we will soon even merge our patches with upstream so that we all work on the same sourcecode.
But all this is a long run work, and even if we still have good hope that performance will continue improving, it deserves time and we're lacking time to do everything we'd like to :)
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