cheap hardware recommendation? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by rustydomino@lemmy.world to c/jellyfin@lemmy.ml

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hello,

I'm interested in setting up a jellyfin server that will only serve streams to TVs on my LAN. Files will be on an existing NAS. Usage will be low (probably just one stream at a time); cheap and reliable is the name of the game, and cheap includes power consumption. I am thinking of some kind of NUC but don't know enough about jellyfin yet to decide on specs. Any recommendations for a specific NUC model or CPU/GPU? I assume I will be running linux - any distro recommendations?

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[-] synestine@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

First off, if your clients can play the files natively, then anything capable of running Jellyfin will work. You only need specific hardware if you're going to transcode streams.

If you need transcoding, especially if you're going Intel, anything 8th Gen or newer will work.

As for your Linux distro, use whatever you're most comfortable with. Ububtu LTS or an EL-clone are both popular choices.