October 21, 201510 yr I'm not sure if this belongs in the KVM section or Docker so since it's more general I'm posting here. I want to determine if I'm doing all I can to get the most performance out of my Plex Media Server (currently running in a Docker). My Plex server is the #1 priority for all things related to my home server and I wanted to get a few things clarified to be sure I'm not wasting any potential. OpenELC: I watched Jon's video on the implementation of OpenELEC on unRAID 6.1 but I'm not very clear on how it works or if it can even be used to enhance Plex since the video basically showed it working specifically with Kodi. So first off, can I use OpenELEC to enhance my Plex experience for both myself at home and my remote users to eliminate buffering issues? Does it only help if your'e using an HTPC as opposed to clients such as Chromecasts, SmartTVs, Android/iOS, etc? Does it work in conjunction with Docker or is it an either or situation? I realize some of these questions may better be suited for the Plex forums but seeing that I'm running Plex on unRAID I wanted to see what some of you are doing and the results you're getting to see how I can draw from your experiences.
October 21, 201510 yr OPenELEC is a Linux OS that is all about running KODI. So it is a front end for your plex with appropriate plugins or Emby (which I much prefer having gone from Media Browser 3 over to Plex then back to Emby. I use it on a cpl of little boxes around the house as it handles all the HD codecs for sound, you dont need to transcode so you get the best quality and it does auto switching of refresh rate etc, though it doesnt handle proper bluray MVC 3D playback. It would make no difference to how you stream to any other device from plex - it is its own front end for Plex. It's use on UNRAID would be limited to a situation where you had a HDMI cable going from your unraid box to a TV and using it purely as a front end.
October 21, 201510 yr Author OPenELEC is a Linux OS that is all about running KODI. So it is a front end for your plex with appropriate plugins or Emby (which I much prefer having gone from Media Browser 3 over to Plex then back to Emby. I use it on a cpl of little boxes around the house as it handles all the HD codecs for sound, you dont need to transcode so you get the best quality and it does auto switching of refresh rate etc, though it doesnt handle proper bluray MVC 3D playback. It would make no difference to how you stream to any other device from plex - it is its own front end for Plex. It's use on UNRAID would be limited to a situation where you had a HDMI cable going from your unraid box to a TV and using it purely as a front end. Thank you for clearly explaining all of that, it really clears things up for me. So in my case OpenELEC is of no use but it's nice to know what it can do.
October 21, 201510 yr Glad I could help - so many have been helping me find my way around unRAID - very different to Hardware RAID 5 and all my apps on windows - just trying to work otu dockers etc when I am waiting for Pre Clears to finish :-)
October 21, 201510 yr Author Glad I could help - so many have been helping me find my way around unRAID - very different to Hardware RAID 5 and all my apps on windows - just trying to work otu dockers etc when I am waiting for Pre Clears to finish :-) Oh nice, so you're an unRAID newbie? You're going to love it once you get accustomed to using Dockers.
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