![]() ![]() ![]() I've heard people say amazing things about the nVidia Shield devices but those are a bit pricier. So far the "best" stick I've used has been the Chromecast with GoogleTV (although most definitely NOT problem free). Yeah, although my mother loves them to death I cannot stand Firesticks as well. In the end, I switched back to the server app in the browser. That's how I encode most my shows, unless it's something where I REALLY care about visuals, like Firefly or Battlestar Galactica or something. They were H.265 (because everything I encode is), but it was only 720p with relatively low bitrate (2 MB/s, give or take). This was on my M1 Mac Mini, so it's not like it's an out-of-date machine. Since the controls wouldn't work, I tried using my phone's plex app to control it, which I've done a number of times with my Roku TV and Firestick, but that'd just cause the PMP to freeze up or crash. And once playback began on Plex Media Player, NONE of the controls worked, so I had to completely shut down the app if I wanted to pause, stop, change shows, etc. When they did play, they'd stutter half the time. They didn't seem to want to play, just spin and endlessly buffer without starting playback. On Mac, recently tried for several hours both Plex Media Player and Plex Home Theater. The only hiccup has been then plex THINKS it needs to transcode AAC audio when it doesn't, but I set client settings to force direct play so nothing transcodes, and never had a problem since. And it plays EVERYTHING I've thrown at it without transcoding. I've had it about 2 and a half years, it's still snappy and responsive, and I've virtually never had ANY bugs, crashes, etc. But my Roku TV is leaps and bounds better. It was slow to start and navigate, but everything worked with minimal crashes. My Firestick used to be my preferred plex client. My older bother tried it on his Windows laptop about 6 months ago while he was laid up in the hospital for hip surgery and he couldn't get it to work at all. Plex on there gave me nothing but trouble. I even revisited the latest Mac client recently when I had modern issues and went several days without internet and had to hook my computer directly up to my TV to watch anything. Ever since they retired the original plex home theater years ago (so long ago, I had an iMac with an IR remote that I used with PHT), every desktop client I've tried has been a complete nightmare. Direct streaming it's essentially only limited by internet speeds. I worry about transcoding because I could probably only transcode maybe 14 or so streams at once? Not sure, but most people direct stream. I have about 80 users but usually not more than maybe 10-20 at peak times depending. Which is nice because I put hotswappable sata bays in each and set the drives to hotswap in bios. With a set of three back up 16TB drives I throw in only when I back up every so often.Įverything is in a huge older case I found that has 6 front 5.2 bays. ![]() The boot drive is a 250GB western digitial m.2 sn850. The K (well just make sure it's a model with the IGPU) being important for that sweet sweet quick sync with the IGPU. I have a dozen family members sharing my server and am reluctant to add any more due to capacity/bandwidth issues. Please go to the relevant subreddits and support forums, for example: Build help and build shares posts go in their respective megathreads No referral / affiliate links, personal voting / campaigning / funding, or selling posts Welcome to /r/Plex, a subreddit dedicated to Plex, the media server/client solution for enjoying your media! Plex Community Discord Rules Latest Regular Threads: No Stupid Q&A: Tool Tuesday: Build Help: Share Your Build: Submit Troubleshooting Post Files not showing up correctly? ![]()
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