looks like the total power draw of an n100 mini pc is 8-27 watts total, while the pi is 4-9 watts but it has a faster cpu, better video decode, vastly better gpu and better compatibility, being x86.

Ultimately the decision is up to you, but i think that outwheighs the higher power costs.

as i see it you can get an n100 mini pc with a 6w tdp for as much as a 8-16gb rasberry pi 5 kit

yeah, and mine about ripping dvd’s on a server, if that broke the rules wouldnt this do that more?

You could install android on something, and run one of the open source TV launchers

Yup! And you can just do eject in the terminal to open the disk tray

Are you still hosting it? Have they realised?

that’s insane, i pay like 5¢ a KWh

Thank you for immich! I use it every day.

And thank you for posting on lemmy

well, i could just link you to docker’s documentation, but that’s not super helpful. The tldr is that docker is a way of distributing/running software you run on servers.

What do you want to do? Do you just want to learn, or do you want to set something up?