2024-12-13, 04:40 PM
@zackoid yup... wanted to make sure people knew what I had, where I was going... though ended up being rather long winded. Just didn't want a bunch of questions about each component.
I think where JellyFin and Plex confuse me is, what do they do? seems like Kodi with adding art and info, but, Kodi was just point at a folder and done. None of the server/client part so, kinda confused by what the server does? I saw a YouTube vid that in passing mentioned compression for portable devices and such? May be handy for the laptop in my equation, but for the two TVs connected with ethernet, I was full quality used.
I was looking at the N100 mini-pc's because of the chip for 264/265/Av1 and 4K output, but if the server is doing all the 'work' does the client power really matter? Like, basically, would the video quality I see on my TV be better using an N100 mini PC as the client? or would it be the same if I use a Google app on the TV itself, since I'm assuming the TV onboard computer won't be near as powerful.
I just upgraded my system at home, and have an old PC now that I was going to sell, but maybe would be better as the server? (SPECS) and then just use the Google apps on the smart TVs in ditch having boxes altogether? (side note, the Xeon is basically a 4th gen i7, and the socket will hold an i7 CPU as well). PC will (if I do this) sit beside the TV basically so could also use HDMI to the TV instead of ethernet.
My concern is really only with the BIG movies. The 15GB files with 10,000kbps, 4k, HDR 10bit... I want those to play as I encoded them, not compressed, blocky and stuttering.
I think where JellyFin and Plex confuse me is, what do they do? seems like Kodi with adding art and info, but, Kodi was just point at a folder and done. None of the server/client part so, kinda confused by what the server does? I saw a YouTube vid that in passing mentioned compression for portable devices and such? May be handy for the laptop in my equation, but for the two TVs connected with ethernet, I was full quality used.
I was looking at the N100 mini-pc's because of the chip for 264/265/Av1 and 4K output, but if the server is doing all the 'work' does the client power really matter? Like, basically, would the video quality I see on my TV be better using an N100 mini PC as the client? or would it be the same if I use a Google app on the TV itself, since I'm assuming the TV onboard computer won't be near as powerful.
I just upgraded my system at home, and have an old PC now that I was going to sell, but maybe would be better as the server? (SPECS) and then just use the Google apps on the smart TVs in ditch having boxes altogether? (side note, the Xeon is basically a 4th gen i7, and the socket will hold an i7 CPU as well). PC will (if I do this) sit beside the TV basically so could also use HDMI to the TV instead of ethernet.
My concern is really only with the BIG movies. The 15GB files with 10,000kbps, 4k, HDR 10bit... I want those to play as I encoded them, not compressed, blocky and stuttering.