Hey all, I’m a huge fan of plex been running it for years, recently I have setup a All in one touch PC for my kid I’m running plex media(1.15.4.993) on it. It’s a Lenovo AIO the spec is Intel Pentium CPU J2900@2.41ghz, 4GB 4am, 64bit windows 10 Pro.
VLC player plays the 720p movies perfectly but when I play it through plex it is sluggishly as hell.
Any advice?
Regards
S
Which Plex client type is used?
Which Plex client type is used?
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The Plex server is not a client.
You don’t need to install it on this computer, just to access another server.
Download and install Plex Media Player.
These are two independent severs. At two different physical locations.
(I don’t want them to access my content and I don’t need there media taking space on my machine)
I installed server so they can stream the media on there local wifi on there mobile phones / tablets.
Is there a minimum requirement to run plex? Will a SSD and memory upgrade assist with the performance?
Yes, there is, if playing back the media requires transcoding.
https://support.plex.tv/articles/201774043-what-kind-of-cpu-do-i-need-for-my-server/
The CPU in this machine is very, very weak:
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Pentium+J2900+%40+2.41GHz&id=2173
It might be usable as a Plex client but not as a server.
I thought because “plex can run on a Raspberry Pi” which has no horsepower this CPU would be able to run plex videos smoothly. Guess I will have to teach the kids how to navigate /browse folders and use VLC
So the solution Will be to play video that does NOT require transcoding.
Which file formats do NOT require transcoding when playing through plex? (or does ALL media require transcoding? Sorry for the nuub questions)
Are you going to be installing the movies for them? If so then transcode the movies before putting them on their machine, some people like handbrake for this, l like xmedia recode. Optimize for their mobile devices that way Plex will not have to do on the fly transcoding. The Plex server can also optimize any movies you put on it,but depending on how strong a CPU, it may take a while to do. May be a good way to teach kids patience, have them do it.
Most are downloads eg:Plex-Kid-movie.2019.720p.WEBRip.800MB.x264-GalaxyRG.mkv
Plays fine or VLC struggles in Plex.
The kids know how to navigate plex cos they been using it on my box for years
There is no one size fits all. There are hundreds of aspects to a file besides it’s format like MKV or MP4. The type of streams inside the file and the unique aspects those streams may have been made at.
Our HTPC player app “Plex Media Player” that @OttoKerner mentioned can generally play back the most types of files without needing the server to transcode.
How old are your kids? Old enough for you to start teaching them to do things on their own? In their computer, in Plex server, when you put your mouse over a movie, on the lower right corner you will see three dots. When you click on it, a menu pops up with things they can do. One is called optimize, this will transcode the file to mp4 and make sure that their Android devices can play it with out trying to do (on the fly transcoding that takes a powerful CPU). It may take a hour or two to transcode the file, but after that you should have no more sticking or buffering. You see if I understand correctly, the Android Plex app understands only mp4 right now, also the video has to be coded as 264, and the audio is AAC stereo.
So you can do this yourself, or teach the kids to do it themselves. Keep backups as they will mess up, being kids. Also there is delete in that popup menu, that will remove the movie from the hard disk.
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