How does Mediabrowser compare with Plex for system resources?

[dwl99 0]

I've just installed Mediabrowser on my PC and am very impressed with it. I previously had Plex Media Server on an old net-top box & it was quite resource-hungry. Does anyone know how Mediabrowser compares?

[Danee 57]

I don't know, maybe this is of use to you to make a comparison: http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/topic/4560-how-much-memory/

[SilentAssassin 96]

The computer hardware resources used by MB3 depend entirely on your configuration and what clients you have connecting to it.

[wally007 6]

I've been running Plex for years and in the last few weeks I've run Media Browser Server as a test (mostly because of the live TV)

 

Plex is most definitely NOT resource-hungry. It's on par with Media browser.

 

Where Plex has advantages is transcoding engine which, over the years, has become second to none. Only where it is absolutely necessary Plex will transcode the video. Same can not be said of Media Browser which, more often than not, WILL transcode.

 

Plex has had a head start of couple of years. I'm sure Media Browser will get there sooner or later.

[trusselo 225]

if by "old net-top box" you mean you were trying to play modern HD content on and OOOLLLLLLDDDDD  single core, low-to-nil graphics card, computer from the 90s, then YEAH, would feel slow.

 

whether you are playing content on the machine it is stored, on or, serving files to other devices, there are some bare minimum resources needed to play HD content.

[ebr 16169]

Also note that playback of HD content is much less taxing than displaying rich graphical interfaces with animations.

 

HD video is just throwing a single frame up 30 times a second - child's play compared to the mathematics involved in animating graphics across screen real estate.