#Universal media server reviews roku install

this server was figured into my plans, we over produce 1MW each year compared to our use. my electric bills since I got solar have been <$6/mo. this setup is only 70-90W, so running 24/7 is not a big deal. does what we need, household of 5.ĮDIT: I'm an energy consultant and have solar on my house, so energy efficiency was a huge factor also. good drives, good drive interfaces, and good ethernet is the heart of a perfect server. they are just serving files, not 'processing' anything. but we're trying to make it better.įile servers don't have to be much. we've even been able to get two computers running the same game from same location. EDITOR’S CHOICE: Plex (Plex) Pros: Fast and intuitive user interface Easy setup Provide cover art, music videos, trailers, and more Cons: Many features require a subscription or lifetime pass. In a lot of ways, it is just like Plex it stores, centralizes, and organizes all of your media files and fetches detailed information about them from the Internet.

#Universal media server reviews roku install

we mostly have Steam accts, and almost all their games will install to a mapped network drive. Kodi is probably the most used Plex alternative in the market today. Something new I've added is another 2TB m.2SSD for my kids to store their games (so they don't have to keep downloading them). I'm getting my full 200Mbps throughput of my xfinity connection across my wifi.

I'm running a TP-LINK Deco M5 v1.0 mesh wifi, so my rokus and mobile devices are getting all the signal they want. I've had as many as 12 HD playback streams on local network without any issues, no buffering. even with (4) HD security cams recording 24/7 & 3 HD streams from HDHomeRun Prime, CPU is normally at 20-30% and memory is <50% used. AMD A8-7670K processor on m-ITX board, 16GB RAM, system on 500GB SSD, 1TB m.2SSD for security cam storage, (2) 10TB WD Red Pro drives for Samba Shares/FTP/DVR/network storage.