Is Samba not FOSS?
Also the PC can probably run entirely free software while the Pi will require non-free binary blobs due to its proprietary Broadcom hardware design, so I would say the PC is preferable from a freedom perspective.
Also the PC can probably run entirely free software while the Pi will require non-free binary blobs due to its proprietary Broadcom hardware design, so I would say the PC is preferable from a freedom perspective.
Also, comparing flawed performance on a RPi, vs good performance on a full-fledged PC.
Is 1Gb RAM and 4x1.5GHz not considered sufficient specs to stream video? That is a genuine question, I'm not up-to-date on hardware specs nowadays - but it _seems_ like it should be sufficient to me. Obviously "more is better", but I'm surprised to hear that this is considered insufficient.
My Xbox One S for example can decode most streams with Direct Play using the Plex app (or all using VLC).
Here[0] is a recent update from a Plex Team member about their knowledge of and intention to fix these issues, no timeline though.
[0] https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-transcoding-for-raspberry-...
Again - my 13-year-old self would have be stunned to hear that anything-other-than-Linux was preferable from a freedom perspective, and that "the standard Windows interoperability suite" is FOSS.