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Add to SafariWhen comparing Plex vs Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, the Slant community recommends Raspberry Pi 4 Model B for most people. In the question“What are the best low-cost hardware solutions for a home server (cloud, media center, personal website)?” Raspberry Pi 4 Model B is ranked 3rd while Plex is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose Raspberry Pi 4 Model B is:
People use this for everything .
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Supported on many devices
It's pretty hard to find a NAS or STB that doesn't support Plex.
Pro Accessible via web browser
A modern web browser is enough to get everything Plex has to offer.
Pro Added lots of media databases
Metadata for media files will automatically be updated by using media databases. This provides posters, movie trailers, descriptions, information about actors, etc.
Pro The most popular
People use this for everything .
Pro Cheap
Only $35.
Cons
Con Needs registration
You need a PLEX account even if you use it on your local LAN.
Con Proprietary software
Unfree software.
Con No gapless audio-playback
Plex still does not support gapless playback of audio files such as mp3 or FLAC.
Con Playback error: This server is not powerful enough to convert video
More hardware requirements on Plex due to a useless/non-intuitive transcoder. When using lower spec hardware (eg SBC) Plex will not transcode or play HD+ videos. When compared to other packages (eg Jellyfin which transcodes nicely using FFMeg), Plex falls short on video playback and transcode settings to get videos to play (fastest/lightest option still fails).
Con Gets hot
Con Bad at n64 emulation
It's laggy .
