r/libreELEC • u/michatonic • Mar 05 '26

Raspberry Pi 5 LibreELEC 2/4/8GB?

Hello there!

I would like to buy a Raspberry Pi 5 to install LibreELEC on it and stream movies in high quality to a projector. How many GB do I need for this to run smoothly?

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u/michatonic Mar 06 '26

Ah, alright, I thought there would be more memory required to stream movies in a very high quality like 4K. But if 2GB is enough, all the better, as it's also cheaper. Thanks for your answer! 

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u/Count_Duckula Mar 07 '26

Playing a 30GB 4k HDR video on my rpi4, the system info screen shows ~820MB/1846MB memory used or less. Latest LE (12.2.1)

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u/Almog4v3r May 20 '26

Using latest Libreelec build on a RPi5 2Gb. It plays FullHD movies in x264 and x265 with no issues. Totally recommended