Switched to $150 Intel NUC with N5105 chip a few years ago. Also switched to Ubuntu Linux. Had zero experience with Linux. The server hasn’t crashed or failed to hardware transcode…ever. Anyone still running Plex on Windows hasn’t experienced Plex on Linux. If they did they’d never go back. It’s simply flawless and requires zero maintenance. This chip is even better than the N5105. And power consumption is nil. Doubt the fan would ever even kick on. Unless you’re running Windows, that is.
You’re 100% right. Most stuff ‘in the cloud’ runs on Linux for multiple reasons. Preferably CLI based. I think Windows is pretty much just for gaming, except when you want to run (Minecraft or whatever) servers in docker containers.
It REALLY depends on what you're doing/transcoding. If you are trying to transcode 4K video, you MIGHT be able to do it. But if you're ONLY trying to transcode the DTS:X *AUDIO* (i.e. you're NOT transcoding the video; video is direct play), then the N100 will NOT be fast enough to keep up with the audio only transcoding.
I'm currently running a Plex server on Linux Mint. Both the OS and Plex were easy to install. After I installed Plex, I had everything configured very quickly. The only thing a novice Linux user might find difficult is mounting additional storage. But if your OS drive is large enough for your media, you won't have to worry about that. Anybody wanting steps on how to mount and configure permissions for an additional drive, just reply to my comment and I'll reply with line by line instructions.
Thanks for this video Lon. Right now I’m running rpi4 Plex but would prefer this as it can do transcoding. I’d prefer to use Linux though for stability. A video showing how to setup this device with Plex and Linux would be very much appreciated.
For simply streaming or doing average tasks this setup is MORE than enough to serve the purpose! What MANY fail to understand is this setup will NEVER game anything seriously or major video editing and even some photo editing tasks. BUT, setup as a media server or a NAS setup you CAN'T beat the performance vs. price ratio. These Mini PC's definitely have their uses and will stream videos like a CHAMP all day long!
I use Plex for my recorded streaming content. I went with a Neosway 5105 at first which allowed me to do everything but one thing at a time. I tried the N200, but it seemed worse. I skipped the N100. I finally went with an i7 GMKTec. Here is a review that I had on one of your videos previously. my Celeron N5105 which was 2 GHz and does PlayOn record from On demand from various services and includes downloading of 4K streams and light editing. The N5105 ran that app at about 2.8 turbo and 60% to 70% of CPU. I decided to try the N200 version and was disappointed. It is 1 GHz and mostly ran at 1.7 turbo and never got anywhere near 3.7 and about 95% to a constant 100% of CPU and mostly failed to record the content. In my initial email to them, they said a cryptic “It's about what we get” or something to that effect, I returned it.
Great review as always! Recently bought a couple of Beelink minis with the n100 chip and they perform pretty much like this one. Not as cheap but have 16gb. I’m a windows guy (and Mac) but would love to see you do the Linux version of this. I might change to Linux if I think I can handle it. 🙂
I cannot agree with this in totality. I think it depends a lot on the quality of media, the bitrate and resolution of the media that you watch, and whether there will be a great deal of transcoding, or streaming raw. I’ve been running Plex on a somewhat beefy CPU, on a Linux server. A lot of what I’m seeing is that large files with high bitrate are somewhat demanding on the bandwidth and memory of the server. A lot of people think of every file as just a video file, but in actuality there is a great deal of difference from one file to another depending on how they were created. A file that is for high bitrate 4K, HDR is going to be quite demanding on the processor, especially if it has been created with the x265 or h.265 compression. That compression has a high level of compression to keep the file size smaller. It has to stress the cpu a little bit more to unpack the data while it streams. There is also the issue of the background jobs that Plex performs to prepare the metadata for your experience. Specifically Plex will scan through your media files in the background and take information from the video frames to find chapter thumbnails and find points at which to skip past intros and credits. This can also be a bit more resource demanding based on the quality of the media. In conclusion it’s your milage may vary depending on what kind of media library you have. If you have low resolution, low bitrate files encoded with h.264, it uses light resources. If your media tends to be a bit more designed for high quality visual and audio information, it’s going to be a bad time on a cheap cpu.
The hardware transcoding that this PC has with Intel QuickSync takes the load off the CPU. For Plex Direct Play, even a Raspberry Pi running Plex Server can handle high bitrate 4K HDR movies with no problem.
Thanks for video. I have a Plex Pass server and been using it for many years. A suggestion for a future Plex video is how to deal with data corruption such as when suddenly no movies or videos show up in plex, but the media files are still there and playback just fine using VLC. I have had the corruption problem a couple of times over the years and it can be solved if the persons knows the steps to rebuild the Plex DB thus saving having to reinstall everything.
If you can play them on VLC, they are not corrupt they are just not recognized by Plex, I had that problem with some that were recorded from OTA, I think mostly PBS. I change the setting to something like Other Video and Plex found them. Play around with other setting on a separate iteration on the same file folder and see it it works for you.
@@richardremmele8685 Thx. I am not having problems ATM, and have solved them in the past. My post was a suggestion for a future video to help others solve Plex DB problems when it becomes corrupted. It is not simple process that can be solved using the Plex UI. When the DB become corrupted, even new media content can not be added, and typically existing content is completely missing.
No only does the GMKtec Nucbox make a good Plex server, it also makes a great everyday PC! Mine is the earlier 2023 G1 version N95 with 16gigs of ram and 1TB NVMe SSD. Dual booting Windows 11pro and Xubuntu Linux 22.04 LTS!
I have been very pleased with this GMKtec device (really nice it has 2.5gb ethernet). I did load Ubuntu on it and serve 4k video from my embedded Ryzen NAS. Well worth the money.
I have been giving something like this a lot of thought. I have Plex running on a pretty powerful AMD Ryzen 5 based PC but I have a grid tied solar power system and recently I have been thinking a lot about how much energy things are using in my house. The PC is not using that much power when it is idling but it really doesn’t make much sense to have it running all of the time just in case I want to watch something on my Plex server. I never stream to more than one device and rarely serve 4K files.
Load Ubuntu on it and you'll be very happy even for 4k video. I have this exact system and use my NAS for storage. You could easily set up an external drive with sleep enabled and really use substantially less power. If you don't care about 4k, Windows works fine.
Set up Wake On Lan. You can put your server to sleep or even turn it off when not in use. Then you can wake it from your phone when you need it. But if you want one of these little computers, go for it. They're cheap and good. I have one. It's running Ubuntu server and a bunch of services including Jellyfin. Love it.
Currently have my Plex Server running on an old Optiplex I got from an old job. The Optiplex is running an i5 3470 and all content is hosted on some local NAS devices. In the last year I started bringing in and backing up a ton of UHD BluRays and I think it is finally time for me to move this server off the Optiplex and over to something like this. The power savings and graphics encode/decode capabilities alone would make it worth it. Plex almost never tosses work to the 1050ti I have installed, so I may as well downsize.
Hey Lon, thanks for the vid. It would be interesting to take another look at the AMD side of things. With lots of mini/nuc style PCs coming out with AMD laptop SoCs like the ones from minisforum or Beelink, it would be nice to see how the situation has improved(or regressed) since that last look.
Not only does it make a great media server, but I use my N100 mini-PC to transcode videos down to a smaller file size to save disk space. It's not as fast as my main PC, but it's fast enough, and way quieter.
I'm retiring an old Windows machine, and this looks fantastic. What do you recommend for media storage? I have two mirrored 14tb drives I would need to move to something new. I also run Channels DVR on my old machine. Would an external drive box be good, or do you recommend something else? Many thanks for the great content. Gordy
Better alternative than some of the cheaper NAS devices with ARM processors. Intel processor = ability to use sonic analysis for music, a feature I very much enjoy in Plex!
I already have a M1 Mac mini. Can that do as well as this with Plex? Are there settings I would need to set? Sorry, probably a simple question but I just get lost researching it. I have converted many iTunes purchases and ripped many Blu-ray and dvd. My older iMac regularly get “server is too slow” or other similar messages. I have a modern network, netgear orbi for years, later STARLINK router, now a fiber, but WiFi speed should not be an issue.
I have a pr2100 running plex, mostly works fine in the house but i cant stream my 4k stuff externally. even though my internet speed is more than capable on both ends. Am i better off swapping to something like this mini PC (Maybe a more premium version of it, i5 or i7?) and just using the nas as external 'desktop' style storage for the mini pc?.. if that's even possible
Hey Lon, great video. Quick question. I’ve been running a plex server on an old i5 dell desktop for 6 years or so. One thing that really put a strain on it is recording OTA broadcasts via my HD Homerun. Did you try this using this NUC? Wondering what that performance would look like.
I purchased the G3 this week and today the 2242 ssd arrived, but the PC will not boot with the new drive in the socket. Anyone have experience installing an SSD in the second slot?
Thanks for the video. I want to setup a Plex server just for fun as it gets mentioned so many times on this channel. However, I still have not understood what I will do with it unless I have a huge library of pirated or ripped movies. Most entertainment today is via streaming services.
Streaming services that charge more and more for less and less in terms of features and video quality, and whatever you’re watching can leave the service at any time. Buy media that you like secondhand and rip them to your own server.
plex media server will not instill on my mac m1 i have been trying for mouths now and i cant get ahold of plex to help trouble shot it, the issus i am having does not come up in the list,,, notting is working i cant acess my movies or tv shows everytime i install the server it just ask me to install it again so it never recognize that it as been install already...
PLEASE, are these mini PC's capable of streaming 4K movies from them to the TV without any problems? From a Plex multimedia server and the movies copies onto the m.2 of the mini pc.
As Windows 10's 2025 EOL approaches, many of us with Plex servers running on unsupported 7th gen and older Intel CPUs are faced with trying to modify a Win11 ISO to install or transition to Linux. A Linux installation and Plex migration guide would be a huge boon to this segment of the userbase, especially since there are some tricky hurdles with Plex on Linux when it comes to user permissions to access media library folders (e.g., external drive library folders)
It's possible to use mini PC with N100 for streaming obs 1080p60fps? I wanna watch youtube videos and stream it with this PC with my friends. But not sure it's have enough power or not, thanks! :)
I was thinking the same about these N100 devices, but I'd spend slightly more and get a 12th or 13th gen i3/i5/, waaaay more cores and better turbo boost, cost below 300 bucks
I’m not sure if it’s changed, but for a while a few years ago, there were videos about how YT’s algorithm was quietly hiding anything that mentioned Jellyfin or Kodi.
For reliability I'd maybe look at a used name brand device. While I've generally had good luck with these mini PCs most are from unknown brands without much in the way of domestic support.
With this as your Plex server. I’m assuming you would have to turn the device on every time you wanted to watch your content on Plex on another device. Is there anyway to just have the device turn on when I access Plex on another device and have this turn off when I’m done?
The idea with servers I think is that they are on all the time, why you want a device with low power draw. You can wake some devices remotely, though that requires wake on lan, which on turn requires hyper V I think.
Thanks Lon, all my media is on large usb external drives. If I connect them to my N100 (on which is my Plex server), will it stream efficiently or should I go with a NAS and HDDs?
Switched to $150 Intel NUC with N5105 chip a few years ago. Also switched to Ubuntu Linux. Had zero experience with Linux. The server hasn’t crashed or failed to hardware transcode…ever. Anyone still running Plex on Windows hasn’t experienced Plex on Linux. If they did they’d never go back. It’s simply flawless and requires zero maintenance. This chip is even better than the N5105. And power consumption is nil. Doubt the fan would ever even kick on. Unless you’re running Windows, that is.
They even have fanless N100's like the one I reviewed recently!
You’re 100% right.
Most stuff ‘in the cloud’ runs on Linux for multiple reasons.
Preferably CLI based.
I think Windows is pretty much just for gaming, except when you want to run (Minecraft or whatever) servers in docker containers.
It REALLY depends on what you're doing/transcoding.
If you are trying to transcode 4K video, you MIGHT be able to do it.
But if you're ONLY trying to transcode the DTS:X *AUDIO* (i.e. you're NOT transcoding the video; video is direct play), then the N100 will NOT be fast enough to keep up with the audio only transcoding.
what is the reasoning behind transcoding a video? (I have no clue, that is why I am asking :)
@@AndrewTSq This should help! th-cam.com/video/2PyRpYb66-Y/w-d-xo.html
Would love to see a walkthrough on installing Linux and Plex on this exact machine.
yes can we get a video?
Just....install it like every other program? On every other computer? You need install instructions for specific computers? Weird
Yes - PLEASE!!!
I'm currently running a Plex server on Linux Mint. Both the OS and Plex were easy to install. After I installed Plex, I had everything configured very quickly. The only thing a novice Linux user might find difficult is mounting additional storage. But if your OS drive is large enough for your media, you won't have to worry about that.
Anybody wanting steps on how to mount and configure permissions for an additional drive, just reply to my comment and I'll reply with line by line instructions.
Thanks for this video Lon. Right now I’m running rpi4 Plex but would prefer this as it can do transcoding. I’d prefer to use Linux though for stability. A video showing how to setup this device with Plex and Linux would be very much appreciated.
I explained how to do it in some comment a few above this one.
LMK if you need more help bro.
Love the Plex content as always, keep up the great wrok Lon!
Thank you for this video and it gave me answers on how well does Intel N100 Mini PCs work well with Plex Server.
For simply streaming or doing average tasks this setup is MORE than enough to serve the purpose! What MANY fail to understand is this setup will NEVER game anything seriously or major video editing and even some photo editing tasks. BUT, setup as a media server or a NAS setup you CAN'T beat the performance vs. price ratio. These Mini PC's definitely have their uses and will stream videos like a CHAMP all day long!
New question: I have all my media on several 5tb external drives. Can those be attached with a hub and still run Plex, successfully?
I use Plex for my recorded streaming content. I went with a Neosway 5105 at first which allowed me to do everything but one thing at a time. I tried the N200, but it seemed worse. I skipped the N100. I finally went with an i7 GMKTec. Here is a review that I had on one of your videos previously.
my Celeron N5105 which was 2 GHz and does PlayOn record from On demand from various services and includes downloading of 4K streams and light editing. The N5105 ran that app at about 2.8 turbo and 60% to 70% of CPU. I decided to try the N200 version and was disappointed. It is 1 GHz and mostly ran at 1.7 turbo and never got anywhere near 3.7 and about 95% to a constant 100% of CPU and mostly failed to record the content. In my initial email to them, they said a cryptic “It's about what we get” or something to that effect, I returned it.
Great review as always! Recently bought a couple of Beelink minis with the n100 chip and they perform pretty much like this one. Not as cheap but have 16gb. I’m a windows guy (and Mac) but would love to see you do the Linux version of this. I might change to Linux if I think I can handle it. 🙂
I cannot agree with this in totality. I think it depends a lot on the quality of media, the bitrate and resolution of the media that you watch, and whether there will be a great deal of transcoding, or streaming raw.
I’ve been running Plex on a somewhat beefy CPU, on a Linux server. A lot of what I’m seeing is that large files with high bitrate are somewhat demanding on the bandwidth and memory of the server.
A lot of people think of every file as just a video file, but in actuality there is a great deal of difference from one file to another depending on how they were created. A file that is for high bitrate 4K, HDR is going to be quite demanding on the processor, especially if it has been created with the x265 or h.265 compression. That compression has a high level of compression to keep the file size smaller. It has to stress the cpu a little bit more to unpack the data while it streams.
There is also the issue of the background jobs that Plex performs to prepare the metadata for your experience. Specifically Plex will scan through your media files in the background and take information from the video frames to find chapter thumbnails and find points at which to skip past intros and credits. This can also be a bit more resource demanding based on the quality of the media.
In conclusion it’s your milage may vary depending on what kind of media library you have. If you have low resolution, low bitrate files encoded with h.264, it uses light resources. If your media tends to be a bit more designed for high quality visual and audio information, it’s going to be a bad time on a cheap cpu.
The hardware transcoding that this PC has with Intel QuickSync takes the load off the CPU. For Plex Direct Play, even a Raspberry Pi running Plex Server can handle high bitrate 4K HDR movies with no problem.
11:19 Night of the Comet shoutout!!
Ha I thought I was the only one that loved this film!
Thanks for video. I have a Plex Pass server and been using it for many years. A suggestion for a future Plex video is how to deal with data corruption such as when suddenly no movies or videos show up in plex, but the media files are still there and playback just fine using VLC. I have had the corruption problem a couple of times over the years and it can be solved if the persons knows the steps to rebuild the Plex DB thus saving having to reinstall everything.
If you can play them on VLC, they are not corrupt they are just not recognized by Plex, I had that problem with some that were recorded from OTA, I think mostly PBS. I change the setting to something like Other Video and Plex found them. Play around with other setting on a separate iteration on the same file folder and see it it works for you.
Movies only see movies and shows only sees shows and Other will show some other videos
@@richardremmele8685 Thx. I am not having problems ATM, and have solved them in the past. My post was a suggestion for a future video to help others solve Plex DB problems when it becomes corrupted. It is not simple process that can be solved using the Plex UI. When the DB become corrupted, even new media content can not be added, and typically existing content is completely missing.
No only does the GMKtec Nucbox make a good Plex server, it also makes a great everyday PC!
Mine is the earlier 2023 G1 version N95 with 16gigs of ram and 1TB NVMe SSD. Dual booting Windows 11pro and Xubuntu Linux 22.04 LTS!
I have been very pleased with this GMKtec device (really nice it has 2.5gb ethernet). I did load Ubuntu on it and serve 4k video from my embedded Ryzen NAS. Well worth the money.
I have been giving something like this a lot of thought. I have Plex running on a pretty powerful AMD Ryzen 5 based PC but I have a grid tied solar power system and recently I have been thinking a lot about how much energy things are using in my house. The PC is not using that much power when it is idling but it really doesn’t make much sense to have it running all of the time just in case I want to watch something on my Plex server. I never stream to more than one device and rarely serve 4K files.
Load Ubuntu on it and you'll be very happy even for 4k video. I have this exact system and use my NAS for storage. You could easily set up an external drive with sleep enabled and really use substantially less power. If you don't care about 4k, Windows works fine.
Set up Wake On Lan. You can put your server to sleep or even turn it off when not in use. Then you can wake it from your phone when you need it.
But if you want one of these little computers, go for it. They're cheap and good. I have one. It's running Ubuntu server and a bunch of services including Jellyfin. Love it.
Using this as a daily driver. I like it. Zorin OS, upgraded from 8gb ram to 16gb Klevv ram off of Amazon.
Currently have my Plex Server running on an old Optiplex I got from an old job. The Optiplex is running an i5 3470 and all content is hosted on some local NAS devices.
In the last year I started bringing in and backing up a ton of UHD BluRays and I think it is finally time for me to move this server off the Optiplex and over to something like this.
The power savings and graphics encode/decode capabilities alone would make it worth it.
Plex almost never tosses work to the 1050ti I have installed, so I may as well downsize.
This video helped me, I shut off tone mapping and was able to play AV1 video on my N100 much better, on Chrome anyway.
thanks, was looking for exactly this vid.
Hey Lon, thanks for the vid. It would be interesting to take another look at the AMD side of things. With lots of mini/nuc style PCs coming out with AMD laptop SoCs like the ones from minisforum or Beelink, it would be nice to see how the situation has improved(or regressed) since that last look.
Not only does it make a great media server, but I use my N100 mini-PC to transcode videos down to a smaller file size to save disk space. It's not as fast as my main PC, but it's fast enough, and way quieter.
Would love to see this but show us the linux setup process and plex setup for sure. I would buy that.
Hi Lon. Can we use HDR tone mapping in a linux subsystem within windows (WSL)?. Thank you for this video!
Hmm that's a good question I'd have to research that one.
I Bit the bullet on a 600.00 I9 mini PC and wow! That thing is a beast.
There is a plex beta going around that supports Hardware Tonemapping on windows for a few weeks. It only supports intel 10th gen and up i believe.
I'm retiring an old Windows machine, and this looks fantastic. What do you recommend for media storage? I have two mirrored 14tb drives I would need to move to something new. I also run Channels DVR on my old machine. Would an external drive box be good, or do you recommend something else?
Many thanks for the great content.
Gordy
Better alternative than some of the cheaper NAS devices with ARM processors. Intel processor = ability to use sonic analysis for music, a feature I very much enjoy in Plex!
exactly what I wanted to know. Thanks
I would love to see this box running Plex and as a Tdarr node for transcoding my library... while running Linux. Can it do it?
I already have a M1 Mac mini. Can that do as well as this with Plex? Are there settings I would need to set? Sorry, probably a simple question but I just get lost researching it. I have converted many iTunes purchases and ripped many Blu-ray and dvd. My older iMac regularly get “server is too slow” or other similar messages. I have a modern network, netgear orbi for years, later STARLINK router, now a fiber, but WiFi speed should not be an issue.
I have a pr2100 running plex, mostly works fine in the house but i cant stream my 4k stuff externally. even though my internet speed is more than capable on both ends. Am i better off swapping to something like this mini PC (Maybe a more premium version of it, i5 or i7?) and just using the nas as external 'desktop' style storage for the mini pc?.. if that's even possible
Hey Lon, great video. Quick question. I’ve been running a plex server on an old i5 dell desktop for 6 years or so. One thing that really put a strain on it is recording OTA broadcasts via my HD Homerun. Did you try this using this NUC? Wondering what that performance would look like.
What i5 is it running? It could be that it's struggling with MPEG2 .
I purchased the G3 this week and today the 2242 ssd arrived, but the PC will not boot with the new drive in the socket. Anyone have experience installing an SSD in the second slot?
YES, I want a transcoder. Something to take the burden off of my main (but old) PC.
Thanks for the video. I want to setup a Plex server just for fun as it gets mentioned so many times on this channel. However, I still have not understood what I will do with it unless I have a huge library of pirated or ripped movies. Most entertainment today is via streaming services.
Streaming services that charge more and more for less and less in terms of features and video quality, and whatever you’re watching can leave the service at any time. Buy media that you like secondhand and rip them to your own server.
plex media server will not instill on my mac m1 i have been trying for mouths now and i cant get ahold of plex to help trouble shot it, the issus i am having does not come up in the list,,, notting is working i cant acess my movies or tv shows everytime i install the server it just ask me to install it again so it never recognize that it as been install already...
PLEASE, are these mini PC's capable of streaming 4K movies from them to the TV without any problems?
From a Plex multimedia server and the movies copies onto the m.2 of the mini pc.
I got a gmktec with a n97 processor for $150 last month. I run jellyfin instead of plex though.
Can it do audio stream music production? amd ryzen 5, 7 or 9 can.
Just finished reading the one using Intel 125H ,but could not find its PSU , where ?
Could an n100 handle opensense/firewall as well?
As Windows 10's 2025 EOL approaches, many of us with Plex servers running on unsupported 7th gen and older Intel CPUs are faced with trying to modify a Win11 ISO to install or transition to Linux.
A Linux installation and Plex migration guide would be a huge boon to this segment of the userbase, especially since there are some tricky hurdles with Plex on Linux when it comes to user permissions to access media library folders (e.g., external drive library folders)
Permissions can be a real pain - I'll do some investigating into the easiest path to get started on the Linux side.
Are there any remotes you'd recommend for this unit to control Plex with?
Can this play dolby vision from a rip in plex and is it capable of av1 codec
Will do. Thank you.
How many 4K streams can it send out on the internet?
Can someone point in the right direction for a reliable second SSD for extra storage? Thanks!
Great movie selection. JAY AND SILENT BOB😍
It's possible to use mini PC with N100 for streaming obs 1080p60fps? I wanna watch youtube videos and stream it with this PC with my friends. But not sure it's have enough power or not, thanks! :)
Lon, could you please take a look at these machines working as dedicated game servers? I think that would be an interesting video.
As like a Minecraft server or something like that?
Can you cover data corruption?
I was thinking the same about these N100 devices, but I'd spend slightly more and get a 12th or 13th gen i3/i5/, waaaay more cores and better turbo boost, cost below 300 bucks
Which one would u recommend?
What about the remote?
Thanks for the video lon. I know this is a sponsorship, but a video about jellyfin on linux would be nice too.
I’m not sure if it’s changed, but for a while a few years ago, there were videos about how YT’s algorithm was quietly hiding anything that mentioned Jellyfin or Kodi.
I'm using a similar device as a home server to run all my Docker containers on.
Hey Lon. Which mini PC would you recommend for the best reliability. Budget of $150-$300?
For reliability I'd maybe look at a used name brand device. While I've generally had good luck with these mini PCs most are from unknown brands without much in the way of domestic support.
Just curious how do you keep server running when you are trying to access server away from home? Thank you.
In the power settings disable standby/sleep
I'm hooked on using as a Plex server. Can this same unit handle using handbrake? After I rip my media with make mkv?
yes. Handbrake supports Intel QuickSync which this PC has
With this as your Plex server. I’m assuming you would have to turn the device on every time you wanted to watch your content on Plex on another device. Is there anyway to just have the device turn on when I access Plex on another device and have this turn off when I’m done?
The idea with servers I think is that they are on all the time, why you want a device with low power draw.
You can wake some devices remotely, though that requires wake on lan, which on turn requires hyper V I think.
Thanks Lon, all my media is on large usb external drives. If I connect them to my N100 (on which is my Plex server), will it stream efficiently or should I go with a NAS and HDDs?
Or maybe have a couple of large nvme drives some do support multiple drives. I find usb drives crash from time to time
Good point @@si4632, should have thought of that before buying large usb drives.
So this or a Shield Pro?
I picked up an inspiron 3880 with an I3 10100 for $110. It's very sff, and does awesome as a plex server.
That's a great deal!
@@LonSeidman got it at a pawn shop. I try to hit a bunch of them once a week
@@LonSeidman I might add an arc 310 to it
no native support for av1 unfortunately
@@MisterPikol hence me possibly adding an a310
Where did you get the vp9 file from netflix?
Find it here! opencontent.netflix.com/
Can plex run a device and have the storage on separate nas?
Yes - see here: th-cam.com/video/ohLWDIGdH28/w-d-xo.html
Would one of these run a channels dvr server?
Yes they should do well with that too
@@LonSeidman thank you.
Night of the Comet -- nice!
Try casa os on these
If you have a mini pc witha SSD made by Netac, it will fail after about a year. I have 2 that have.
An NVIDIA shield is still a better option when connected to a NAS or external hard drive.
No lol. Shield is terrible for transcoding and has no hardware transcoding
Most persons think plex is movies for cows. It’s a farm channel.
definitely run a no desktop server version of linux.
❤❤❤
❤Plex❤
Lost me at windows.
So install Linux on it