A mini PCs sips power when they’re mostly idle, at about 10/15w then it creeps upwards if you push it. It also only needs the iGPU anyway even if you wanna do trancoding on Plex. It will most likely be way more efficient that a desktop with a GPU on it
I think the best choice is getting one of those so all your services are working all the time. A RPI will work albeit you gotta be aware of its limitations.
If you’re satisfied with Jellyfin, you should stick to that cause Plex ain’t bringing much to the table in all honesty. I still use Plex cause it works better most of the time really.
Docker does work for transcoding but because I’m using Proxmox it’s slightly more complicated since I want my windows VMs to not be a slog and run mediaservers on a iGPU.
Atleast on Plex it can do software transcode and not be bothered by an annoying “cannot play this media on this device”. This was a few months ago and I still run both but Plex serves me fine fot the time being
Well, it’s pretty unsurprising considering all companies are doing the same.
I’ve given a chance to Jellyfin but it’s really frustating how it simply refused to play video files without any descriptive error logs. I think it mostly doesn’t work properly on HEVC files (I think Edge is the only browser that properly supports x265) and my Android TV also doesn’t play the damn thing.
Also adding that video files from the same release (which assumed are the same encoder), they either work perfectly or just refuse to work :(
I do not pay for Plex but I considered in the past getting a lifetime sub x)
Also got one on the only sub I used to mod a couple of hours ago 🙃
I have it running for a couple of months now, doing just fine. Had to change my compose file a while back due to some change but rock solid so far.
I do run Syncthing too in any case