One of the bigger issues using hardware encoding to x265, is the cards are tuned for speed and not quality or filesize. Emby also has an app for android smart tv and other devices. Emby is currently using 400 MB of RAM with one user streaming, hosting 10.000+ files from a docker container. I’m not using Plex myself, all the forced login here and there makes me cringe, so instead I’m using Emby. It is also possible to acquire a Tesla M4 or larger card off of ebay which can do decoding for you. Can’t find it at the moment, but have found it many times searching for x265 hardware support. Nvidia has a nice overview somewhere on their website, which shows support for x265, HEVC, etc. Encoding x265 is at around 15 fps, give or take. However, to decode x265 8bit for one client, I use 6% CPU on a fairly slow Xeon E5-2450L. To get x265 hardware decoding support, you’d need Geforce 950+ or an intel Coffee Lake or newer CPU, AMD i haven’t researched. System overheads (wild guess) 3000 Passmark. Supposedly software transcoding (using a large CPU) gives better results over hardware transcoding (GPU/dedicated video card).įor the OS I am leaning toward UNraid, System overheads would be Host OS, VM or Container with windows 10 for everyday use, dedicated Plex container and a further container for torrents, sonar etc. If I have understood the forums correctly I am now thinking a large enough multi thread CPU (Ryzen 7 2700X?) with a basic video card for the server monitor will cover what I am planning to build.Īlso with a big enough CPU I won’t have to tweak things like using RAM for the transcode location so I think 16Gb of RAM will be enough. Researching the various forums, I started to believe I needed at least an intel CPU (E3 1275v5) for the intel video sync feature for enough transcoding power. See attached layout of what I am aiming for with my build.

Can you please give me advise on which CPU to use in my server?

Plex media server requirements 4k