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Stick PC for a media client? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 3 days ago by eyesaremosaics@lemmy.zip to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Are mini stick PCs practical to set up as a media player, eg with jellyfin? Some advantages are the small form factor that plugs straight into the HDMI port, and flexibility/privacy vs using a dongle from a shitty company like amazon/google/roku.

Are there any things to watch out for to ensure it has enough compute power and hardware decoding? I just want it to play HD video with a jellyfin app/browser page.

I'm assuming it's no big deal to install Linux on (x86 hardware?), do you need to watch out for specific device support? Thanks

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[–] yaroto98@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I've been looking into these PCs as a replacement roku box since responding to the thread. I have a shield, and its fine, but I don't think it's worth the price. It's glitchy and the 3rd party launcher sometimes flips out. It also keeps wanting me to up the refresh rate, but whenever I do, it breaks. My TV doesn't like it despite it being supported.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I use a vero 4k. They've since dropped support (after seven years) and put out a new model with av1 support. It stills works incredibly well as a jellyfin client box.

[–] yaroto98@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Ohhhhhh, that looks like a better option. Interesting an rf remote control? Hmmmmm I wonder if that'll work with my sofabaton universal remote.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's got IR built-in too.

[–] yaroto98@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Ah, nice.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It might be fine for that, I'm not sure. It kind of sucked playing HD video (hadn't tried 4k), but it was trying to do so under a full lmde environment lol

[–] yaroto98@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hmmmm good to know. I'm sure the N100 models could handle it fine. Still tempting to pick up one of the cheap ones to play with. Kind of like a raspberry pi.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 3 points 2 days ago

For sure! I don't consider it a wasted purchase. It's just not what I expected it to be.