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[quote name="Remember MythTV?"]1) NAS or HDD enclosure with 4 bays 2) Device to playback media I agree with the sentiment that this doesn't need a dedicated desktop PC, or even Mini-ATX if there's no gaming in the scenario. Android boards will pretty much play anything you throw at them these days. A small USB fan will help it from overheating. [quote name="blackwater"][quote name="Brody Wilder"]I'm planning to replace my desktop with a <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-4-desktop-kit/">Raspberry Pi 4</a>, once the models with 4GB RAM become available (was August, now September). The energy savings alone should pay for it.[/quote] I'm pretty sure that the Raspberry Pi doesn't have a good enough CPU to play most video formats. I'm not interested in dealing with stuttering video. It would be nice to have something with lower power consumption, but I doubt it's going to be an ARM server. They just haven't made it far enough into the mainstream yet.[/quote][/quote] The propaganda says it'll hardware decode 4K HEVC, so it might be fine? I haven't tested one out yet and read there were some issues around the power input. [/quote]