Jimmy Higgins
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So, I've been struggling to get a stable setup for a media server. I put Plex on a laptop, but it is a Windows 7 box, and the stability was there sometimes. I looked online and sites were pretty happy about the possibility of a Plex Server on Raspberry Pi. And I have since learned you need to read every website, or look for troubles before making the leap.
Not much money spent, Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (I was reading the 4's run hot with all the "power" they have, and I didn't want to risk that) and it works great on SD, 480i/p media... but 1080p, it just fumbles.
From what I've learned in hindsight, Plex Server is fine at running stuff through, but the moment it needs to adjust anything, Raspberry Pi is useless. I have noticed that different devices work differently. The Fire Stick isn't great, the older Roku 2 (2016 or 2017?) was able to go from incapable of playing 1080p to playing it for a few minutes, then buffering. I managed that by rejecting Direct Stream (which is the exact opposite of what websites say), as with only Direct Stream... it wasn't playing more than a few seconds before buffering.
So my confusion falls around confirming that the device being used to play is the issue. Some sites say the newest Rokus can handle this stuff. Some say Firestick sucks for this.
My files are generally straight MKV from MakeMKV. Am I right with the presumption that the device streaming from the server is the weak link and if the right device is used, it can anything, at least in the Blu-Ray range of 1080p? Or is the Raspberry Pi incapable of managing the streaming of such far files (30 to 35 Mbps)?
Not much money spent, Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (I was reading the 4's run hot with all the "power" they have, and I didn't want to risk that) and it works great on SD, 480i/p media... but 1080p, it just fumbles.
From what I've learned in hindsight, Plex Server is fine at running stuff through, but the moment it needs to adjust anything, Raspberry Pi is useless. I have noticed that different devices work differently. The Fire Stick isn't great, the older Roku 2 (2016 or 2017?) was able to go from incapable of playing 1080p to playing it for a few minutes, then buffering. I managed that by rejecting Direct Stream (which is the exact opposite of what websites say), as with only Direct Stream... it wasn't playing more than a few seconds before buffering.
So my confusion falls around confirming that the device being used to play is the issue. Some sites say the newest Rokus can handle this stuff. Some say Firestick sucks for this.
My files are generally straight MKV from MakeMKV. Am I right with the presumption that the device streaming from the server is the weak link and if the right device is used, it can anything, at least in the Blu-Ray range of 1080p? Or is the Raspberry Pi incapable of managing the streaming of such far files (30 to 35 Mbps)?