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[-] teejay@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm waiting for the Raspberry Pi 5 to set up as a media PC behind my tv. There are really good, reliable, and high quality sites that let you stream any movie or TV show. No need to vpn or torrent. Firefox with ublock origin streaming anything I want in 1080 for free.

I should add I have a RP4 and it's not beefy enough to stream 1080p full screen from a browser to my 4k tv.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago

Just get a micro desktop, better airflow and has all the ports you may need.

Intel Nuc, Dell Optiplex are really cheap secondhand. And you can run 4K content on them.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I love rpis but damn did the 4s get sold out and then spike in price almost instantly. I'm not holding out much hope for the 5 to be much better.

[-] HelloHotel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Better or worse than Ps5s

[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I use an RP4 and it's fine with streaming 1080p h.265 stuff off my NAS drive, though it did struggle a bit with serving up the Planet Earth videos. It claims to be able to decode 4k, but probably not very well.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yea, the 3b was struggling hard for larger mkv videos in even 1080p. The 4s while much better seem to not be able to handle 265 at all in 4k.

[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Good to know, I'll probably hold off upgrading my projector to 4k until the next-gen raspi then, or some other platform.

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