The Arc actually makes sense here since OP mentioned multiple cameras for Frigate - QuickSync on N100/N305 starts to choke with 5+ simultaneous streams, while Arc A380 can handle 8+ streams with AV1 decode/encode as a bonus.
Comment on mITX boards on amazon any good?
non_burglar@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThe quicksync built-in to the n100 PR n305 is more than adequate to encode/decode media. If that’s all you’re using it for, you don’t need an Intel arc.
MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
non_burglar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I have 5x1080 streams to my frigate container and it only has a coral tpu passed through, 4 to 8% CPU usage in the container. The arc will not yield any advantage unless op is using vino to run the ml, but they pointed out that they are getting a coral tpu.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Incorrect. The built in quicksync is adequate for a limited number of simultaneous streams. Considering I PLA for frigate to handle multiple cameras on this machine I will need more streams.
non_burglar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You are mistaken. Frigate ingests rtsp and direct streams using HLS, which only accepts h264 or h265. The vast majority of cameras encode in h264. H264 is a trivial decode operation on modern hardware within the last decade.
I am currently looking at CPU usage in my frigate container with 5 1080p RTSP streams and it is hovering at between 4% and 8%. Without any quicksync configured, just CPU and coral.
I don’t know what your deal is, or why you think you know more than folks who have been doing this for years, but stop, please. You don’t know what you’re talking about.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
They used to encode with h264. I set up a rig 2 years ago with the goal for using that card just couldn’t source cameras at a decent price that use the olde codec. It’s actually pretty difficult to find that anymore. Also, they need to decode streams for processing for things like object detection. That doesn’t work without decoding being done on each stream first.
I am open to being wrong on this I just want to be certain before I get to the spending money stage. Can you show me where you got that information?
non_burglar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I checked the specs on 5 modern, newly released IP cameras. They all use h264/h265, aka AVC1 and HVEC. Not surprising, cause that’s part of the spec.
non_burglar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m angrily going to go look because you’ve introduced doubt in my mind. And I don’t like not knowing.