empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
A. Run a batch transcode and make all your stored files compatible with your end players.
It sounds like the more recent things you are downloading are in a codec that is not compatible with your playback devices.
E.g, older torrents are frequently an H.264 stream in an MP4 container. Many modern releases are being distributed in H.265 or AV1, as they have significant size and quality benefits, but many older devices don’t support them natively.
B. Sounds like you are still relying on CPU transcoding which is absolute dog. What mini pc specs do you have? If it’s an AMD or Intel CPU/APU then it should have hardware encode/decode included in it’s integrated GPU. See the Jellyfin docs on hardware acceleration here.
StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I’ve tried handbrake before, unfortunately the system DOES NOT have the horsepower to handle it, as in a batch of 30 episodes if I recall would have taken about 3 days
As for the system itself here’s the spec sheet Image
DaGeek247@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
You should not be having transcode issues with anything less than four concurrent streams on that server. https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/1ae6683/intel_n100_vs_ryzen_7_1700_1st_gen_an_interesting/
It's likely that you have hardware transcoding disabled. Enable it, and these issues should go away. This forum post has good settings in jellyfin for an n100, https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-solved-correct-transcoding-settings-for-the-n100-processor
You should be able to find instructions for enabling hardware encoding in your bios by searching for it with your specific device model.
surph_ninja@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Do you have another system you can use? Maybe with a video card on it that can help with pre-transcoding files?
This is what I ended up doing on mine. Was a big hit to my electric bill to pre-transcode the entire library (only for files that needed it), but now everything serves up in a flash. And the script runs as a nightly cron to catch any new stuff.
If you have to, maybe just dedicate the system you have here to transcode certain problematic content. Other than finding another download in a different format, I’m not sure there’s anything else you can practically do.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I just wanted to let you know in case you didn’t that your screenshot includes a profile picture
StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Fixed thanks