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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hi all!

I was running Kodi (and some *arr services) on an old laptop, but that one seemingly now decided it was time to die.
It was a bit underpowered for the task anyway and more meant as a test platform, to see if the setup works and if it's also comfortable enough to be used by my wife.

So I'm having this laptop connected with HDMI to the TV, with a HDMI-CEC adapter to let me use my TV remote and a reasonable large (12TB) external USB HDD for mass storage - which is a bit of a bitch, because it tends to go to sleep and not wake up properly or doesn't show with e.g. lsblk anymore (but that could also be a wonky usb socket in the beaten up laptop)

Any recommendations for something that could play some media well enough, handle multiple download connections and isn't eating much power, when not actually in use?

I looked at some Intel NUCs and some Chinese small form factor thingies.
But I'm not entirely sure, what would be sufficient and the best choice here.

Thanks for any input!

Edit: thanks for all the recommendations! I went with a BeeLink S13 (N150/16GB/512GB) and I think, it will exactly fit the the requirements.

If I'm having trouble or see any shortcomings, I'll inform the community here :⁠-⁠)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The key point is the N100's support Intel quicksync which makes them able to transcode video very well. This is the main reason why people use them for this. You can easily run all of the arrs + qbittorrent + Plex or Jellyfin (I actually use both simultaneously on an N100) all running in Docker containers, flawlessly. Unless you are going to have a bunch of people streaming 4k at the same time or something any 16gb N100 should be sufficient to run what you are trying to do. They are amazing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Thank you very much!

I just ordered a Beelink Mini S13 Mini PC, Intel N150 (16GB/512GB)
So, I think, that should be a pretty fine system for that use case and actually got a 60€ discount, so it was only about 200€ :⁠-⁠)

Thank you very much for your inputs!