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That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Cross post from the Plex thread cuz I didn�t know this one existed

That Works posted:

Gonna play around this winter break with an i3-8109U NUC box for the TV as the only remaining Amazon device in the house is the FireCube on the main TV which I want to eventually replace. If I end up hating it I'll buy an Nvidia Shield or something.

The only things it needs to run are the Plex client (server is on another machine), Amazon Video and Youtube, preferably SmartTube or some similar adblocking youtube client. I was considering LibreElec or CoreElec, or potentially Win10 in tablet mode.

Anyone roll their own streaming HTPC these days that has any insight on it, particularly for best Plex experience? Just not sure which OS etc would be less fussy.

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That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

TheScott2K posted:

Man just get a streamer box that doesn't need Plex to transcode (most of the recent ones)

Thanks but am trying to work with a piece of hardware i already have.

# ¿ Dec 20, 2023 23:52

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