Serviio

Hi there,

i have a Pentium 4 with 512mb ram.
What is the best/light/version, operating system to run Serviio?

tkx

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i would assume linux given that you don't have the overhead of a GUI. But if your trying to transcode with that rig.. your going to have a bad time

Easiest to install/setup is Windows.

I concur that your hardware will likely not support transcoding. My personal experience (using Windows, so I do have the overhead of a GUI) is you need a dual core CPU and at least 4 gig of ram. I just upgraded to an AMD Phenom II X4 965 with 8 gig of ram running Windows Server 2003 from 2 gig and a dual core CPU. I can stream 1080p video with DTS or Dolby TrueHD audio with no issues on my gigabit network.

With your hardware, you'll have to stick with a Linux install without running an X server to save processing power. If you're not an expert at comand line operating systems, I wouldn't try it. I know Linux fairly well and I wouldn't attempt it.

I've been running Serviio on an old (circa 2006) Windows XP box with a 2.5 GHz Celeron CPU and 512 MB of RAM. It has served me quite well. I posted about it on my blog (http://mdb139.wordpress.com/?s=NAS) a while back, but I will concur that you're not likely to be too happy with any video transcoding (though I've found that audio transcoding works okay most of the time).

I recently (as in this week) upgraded the RAM to 2 GB (the max my box would allow), upgraded to Windows 7, and installed a new 3 TB hard drive. I'm in the process of moving my media files to the new drive as I type this. I thought about Linux and even buying a Synology box, but for the money ($150 for RAM and Windows upgrade) I thought it was a reasonable investment.

I don't even keep a monitor, keyboard, or mouse attached to it... In fact, I don't even own a proper monitor at this point it time, so I just connect it to my TV to do the initial setup, install TightVNC, and then do everything remotely. Works like a champ. I use the PC as a media server and backup station.

At the end of the day, I think your best bet will be to go with what you know (which is why I stuck with Windows).

Good luck!