i5-7200U
That is Kaby Lake and seems to support up to HEVC for decoding which might be enough for you
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video#Hard…
For a bit of future proof you might want to check out something Tiger Lake or newer since it seems like they support AV1 decoding in hardware.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 months ago
People generally recommend 8th gen or higher Intel chips for transcoding so I’d look at alternatives. I have a Dell with an 8th gen i5 and that works very well.
theorangeninja@lemmy.today 2 months ago
How much was it?