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 wh…

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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 requirem…

[image] shaunj187za_gmail_com: Is there a minimum requirement to run plex? 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.cpubenchmar…

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

[image] OttoKerner: 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/ So the solution Will be to play video that does NOT require transcoding. Which file formats do NOT require transcoding when…

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 op…

[image] lostcowboy: so 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

[image] shaunj187za_gmail_com: Which file formats do NOT require transcoding when playing through plex? 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…

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