1971camaroguy 23 Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Hi Everyone, Currently running a shield but thinking about building a small windows machine as a client and boot directly into emby as emby being the shell. My server running emby is loaded down, AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor 3.70 GHz, 32gb ram, SSD, GTX 1050 TI video card ect......what would I need on a client to be able to direct play huge 4k rips with no buffering and will play everything with no transcoding? I was thinking a windows machine, would a NUC with a celeron processor and 8gb ram handle it? Or a mini-ITX board with an atom proccessor do it too? I've got this urge to basically build a poor man's zappiti lol for my theater room. One last question, I have been an emby premiere user for the last four years and familiar with that, but what is the benefit of the kodi emby add on's? Could I install both of these and change my theme to something different? Would I be able to get it to load the main movies directly when the pc is booted up, bypassing the kodi menu? I am not interested in music or any of the other offerings...just want a good robust media / movie player that can handle my mkv rips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastrmind11 717 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 get an nvidia shield and call it a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1971camaroguy 23 Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) I've got two of them, and they work great. Just in a tinkering mood I guess and want to build something I can have more control over. The 11' x 18' theater room is pretty much going to be for watching movies, I picked up a epson 5040UB projector so I could take advantage of the lens shift and change from 16:9 to Letterbox as needed to hide the black bars outside of the viewing area. I have a Marantz SR6012 for a reciever so I can do a 5.2.4 atmos set-up, Klipsch speakers, and a stage with a 127" 2:35 accoustically transparent screen. Lastly valancia 3 recliner seating with bass shakers to put in them. I wanted to build something in the room that's automated and can control lighting and maybe even screen size adjustment if I can figure out a way to send a signal to the projector to change lens position based on the movie I am watching. But yeah at the end of the day, I still have my shield, it's always been a great player and handles the 4k rips great. Edited June 25, 2021 by 1971camaroguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6771 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 1 minute ago, 1971camaroguy said: Just in a tinkering mood I guess and want to build something I can have more control over. Take a look at @chef Setting up an Epic Emby Server Room thread. Might give you a few ideas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Unless there is something the Shield TV isn't going to do for you I don't see the point in the HTPC setup. But if wanting something to tinker with, tell us what your current server setup is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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