Asus transfomer T100

Channels DVR Server
#1

Hi all,

I'm looking to move my channels server to an old Asus T100 I've got laying around but not sure if it's up to it, the full spec is here ASUS Transformer Book T100TA | Laptops | ASUS
I have the one with the Intel® Bay Trail-T Quad Core Z3740 1.33 GHz Processor, Integrated Intel® HD Graphics,32GB eMMC With 500 GB HDD running windows 8.1.

Currently I'm running it on unraid with a hdhomerun quattro and it's solid, usage is fairly light watch one stream while recording another very rarely watching away from home and I don't want to risk moving it for nothing.

Thoughts?

Regards
Roy

#2

I used to own one of those and had tried Channels on it once, but found it too slow, and too low in memory. (2GB is NOT enough for any Windows OS)

The Rpi4b and the dedicated Channels Image resulted in far better performace.
I tried to get several Linux distros to run on the Asus, but it just hated the screen and would not be right orientation and mouse was inverted always. Supposed maybe a headless Linux would work, but not sure if that would work with a usb ethernet dongle out of the box, as running a sever over wifi is just asking for issues.

Anyways, i don't think Channels DVR is really designed to be run from a tablet, which is pretty much what that is.

Windows 8.1 also is an End Of Life OS that is no longer getting Security updates and such should NOT be used on an always on internet connected device.

Edit: You could try wiping the tablets internal ssd, and installing the x86 version of DietPi on it. That OS is so minimal in size and resources that it would run fine on the internal flash storage, and you can configure the HDD for other storage use. But again, it may not recognize a ethernet dongle. Unless u have decent experience with Linux, it may not be for you to setup

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#3

Hi speedingcheetah,

thanks for that, I think you've saved me a lot of time here.

I currently use an Unraid server but it hasn't go the grunt I need to do all I want and it's only running homeassistant and channels but costing me mad money in electric but I'm holding fire on upgrading for a while. I did manage to get hold of a Pi4B 8GB and was hoping I could get HA and channels to coexist as both are really light use but that's not possible so I'll have to keep an eye out for another reasonably priced Pi4 for or maybe look at an Odroid.

Thanks again
Roy

#4

That isn't saying anything informative really. Unraid can run on many types of hardware, including old repurposed desktop computers and some NAS type devices.

So, what hardware are you running Unraid on?

If you use the Channel Pi image, then yes, it turns the Pi into a dedicated appliance for Channels DVR.

But, you can use a different lightweight OS for the Pi, like DietPi (my fav) or Raspbian, Debian, etc, and install Channels DVR via the standard Linux method, pluss, what ever else you want.

If you need to have the power for multiple remote streaming, or want very fast commercial detection, or have many users accessing the DVR at the same time, a Rpi4 will not be powerful enough for that heavy use case and you may want to stick to beefyier hardware.
But, if you are single user, and only need 1 remote stream ability, don't care if ComSkip takes longer, or use is more light and stagnated, the Pi is great and has been rock sold reliable for me.

#5

I run Unraid on a HP54L microserver quite old but solid however virtualisation and video transcoding is poor and really slows everything so it's only generally used for HA, PI-hole, Nginx and Channels. I've looked at upgrading it but in reality it's just not up to what I want for it and with the recent price rises it's costing me mad monry for what it does, plan is to buy a new server at some point so I'm looking for a stop gap.

I have installed raspbian lite and added Channels natively and homeassistant in a docker but it's not the best way to run it, like channels it's much better running in it's own OS but I'll give it a go for a couple of weeks and see how it performs, I just need a way to monitor the resources, memory, processor, heat etc.