From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7E96D158020 for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:00:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2A04EE0B11; Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:00:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yw1-f169.google.com (mail-yw1-f169.google.com [209.85.128.169]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D94D7E0A90 for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:00:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yw1-f169.google.com with SMTP id 00721157ae682-4407c61433bso80596007b3.9 for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2022 04:00:34 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=PtNA7DnmxjUTwo1ooBgOCz2TKyp3inypgEJqzp23S3U=; b=pvB7XZM+FheOqNkGiWiygOrm4HBRjUuxh+G/CzUNHgtb43gZbw03hd8cnZ8n59i7NO 2zvsdSkqN8Y6QCpOPNFnQCjKQyCHfnObcPjMe6F1+h+5f+tPTd5pUwNbFuwVusL0zKsu 74hg0QxQQRmZRqMjgs2x72RIocBuGEIMcu5Iwdh7wrrA3+CQr3nwxXfVT+rVmP6xhGxM ulmoR7r96bOfw536cHoO2ZzctdXxhit227DnF1ZJtUe81Gm0LS03IhLjNnYP7ltvRtuE tKcdAxuFja0Z0QZrqQbdTVPOkaTV5dA7bBWpKs+lw8FUmNzgbRcGpaMydC6fnlmeCjqF /cKw== X-Gm-Message-State: ANoB5pkrw0xRuwBS3QFocWz1YhwA5tbteKPdhoh10yUGWwUDFk9u9wPT mn1T7Vri25gLhB7cPrdA1hlM5ZLx3+lm0ERywJ2Ydqf7twI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA0mqf7ZckLsdSs6MtUFfCqrmy0lbhRSipU1ry0Zbf6ZENDxuvpz1w13yLG+XSsbXSLStI3dkqrRjIbwSGYOl+sxJh4= X-Received: by 2002:a81:1ec8:0:b0:367:a786:8318 with SMTP id e191-20020a811ec8000000b00367a7868318mr12733850ywe.367.1671451233569; Mon, 19 Dec 2022 04:00:33 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <7a8384d4-4213-b2df-df28-2b56a8b2d030@youngman.org.uk> <4206127f-0a76-4957-d6e1-11ab383ce205@users.sourceforge.net> <2969e3b8-eb12-1236-282f-5debea83439e@gmail.com> <5070515c-6d80-02c6-a324-ea35cbfa8a14@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5070515c-6d80-02c6-a324-ea35cbfa8a14@gmail.com> From: Rich Freeman Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 07:00:24 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: 8dfcd70d-932c-456d-a078-08fae6bcbc39 X-Archives-Hash: 580f285edfd828474bb0d488cf41feb5 On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 12:11 AM Dale wrote: > > If I like these Raspberry things, may make a media box out of one. I'd > like to have a remote tho. ;-) So, I've done that. Honestly, these days a Roku is probably the better option, or something like a Google Chromecast or the 47 other variations on this them. Keep in mind that low-powered devices like ARM SBCs (or Rokus) are very picky about codecs. If you're running something like Plex the software will offload the transcoding to a server when the codec isn't supported by the player, but if you're doing something more DIY then you need to ensure your library conforms to the specs or your player will just die. Even 1080p can be pushing it for software decoding on an ARM SBC, and forget 4k. Heck, realtime software transcoding 4k is pretty hard on most amd64 servers as well - they will do it but it will use a significant amount of CPU just for one stream. These days I'm using Pis just for moosefs storage, and all the compute-heavy stuff is on amd64. For players I just use TV clients or Rokus plus Plex server on amd64. I don't really get any benefit out of completely DIYing the client side and LIRC is a PITA. -- Rich