I used to run LibreELEC (a standalone Kodi with some very basic locked down Debian) on a Raspberry Pi 2B with 2 GB microSD card. Works very well running 1080P H264 content (version 1.2, version 1.1 does not run 1080P well) over LAN.
I upgraded the setup for Orange Pi PC One, as it allows to be less picky about what I download, and decodes H265. But even RPi2 is quite capable, especially when you need to loop one video, which you can encode as you like.
Saying that, it’s surprising someone would even consider running a full blown Ubuntu on it. To me, that’s a sign of a sheer incompetence. I have no other explanation for this phenomenon.
I used to run LibreELEC (a standalone Kodi with some very basic locked down Debian) on a Raspberry Pi 2B with 2 GB microSD card. Works very well running 1080P H264 content (version 1.2, version 1.1 does not run 1080P well) over LAN.
I upgraded the setup for Orange Pi PC One, as it allows to be less picky about what I download, and decodes H265. But even RPi2 is quite capable, especially when you need to loop one video, which you can encode as you like.
Saying that, it’s surprising someone would even consider running a full blown Ubuntu on it. To me, that’s a sign of a sheer incompetence. I have no other explanation for this phenomenon.