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Does anyone have a good guideline for computing requirements? I'm not planning to stream like with PleX or anything, I just want something I can stick on the back of my projector and forget about except for when I want to watch something or download something.

Requirements

  • Small form factor
  • Low power draw
  • Enough SSD space for ~6 movies
  • Storage expandable by external flash device
  • Wi-Fi (my modem can't be moved closer)
  • Bluetooth AND 3.5 mm for audio out

Something like the Nvidia Shield would be perfect but its too hard to download things onto it directly. Ideally, I wouldn't have to have a personal computer other than this device. Currently, I plug my laptop in and stream, but my streaming sites no longer work well and it does not have the storage for me to download movies.

Since I am not trying to use this as a home server to stream off of, I shouldn't need a lot of computing power for transcoding or parallel sessions or nothing like that.

AS mentioned in the title, my budget is around $150 (not including external storage). Any more than that, and it's not worth upgrading from my laptop.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I dont think rpi3B can handle x265 encoding. rpi4 can i think. Or an Odroid is an option + coreELEC. CE supports entware and docker so you can install all kinds of stuff on it, for downloading torrents or whatnot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can't "handl"e x265 as in it can't "play"?