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Media center under 100€ capable of 4k video (self.selfhosted)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by BinaryUnit to c/selfhosted

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Does anyone knows of a device irregardless of it being sbc/mini-computer/arm/x86... that is capable of running 4k video.

I got a TV with androidTV or (GoogleTV whatever it is called these days but i really do not like the OS and want to use a media center with Libreelec.

Currently i had a raspberry pi 3+ laying around and gave it a go, it does everything i need, can access SMB, netflix is working, youtube without ads, old NES/SNES roms etc... the only thing is that it does not play 4k videos, actually it does not even play 1080p properly which is a bummer but totally expected.

The BananaPi M5 seems to not be up to the task according to this review but i wonder if any of you have such a device as a media center and can provide feedback

Doing a bit of investigation the youyeetoo X1 seems like a good fit, specifically due to this review it might be a bit more than 100€ specially if it is the 8Gb/16Gb version but so far it seems the less expensive option, maybe i wait a couple of months in the hopes that the price drops

Do you have a setup that works properly with 4k specifically on the budget side? i would love some input on this

Edit: personal experience with the device it would be a plus

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (4 children)

My raspberry pi 3b+ could absolutely direct stream 4k locally, transcoding is a different story. Is your pi connected via ethernet?

[–] BinaryUnit 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I highly doubt that, it hardly plays a 4k video from internal storage, and it does 1080 barely

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Are you trying to play the video on the Pi itself? Aren't you using Jellyfin to watch it on other devices?

[–] BinaryUnit 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes i am playing the video directly from the pi itself, internal storage

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

My bad, for some reason I thought you were using Jellyfin on the Pi but you're actually using Kodi so that makes sense

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