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• ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Just as long as you’re fine with your media server absolutely eating power all the time

  Stop encoding in av1 and get a low power older intel chip around 10th gen or so with quick sync. Unless you have like 5+ users watching 4k media at the same time this will handle transcoding absolutely fine while using far less power than a dedicated gpu

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  • Routhinator@startrek.website ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I don’t encode in AV1, I use HEVC. But while your argument is not unreasonable, it misses the component of file size and amount of disk space required.

    HEVC (x265) takes half the space of x264. While it does require a more modern GPU, it can be run on lower powered Intel CPUs with an integrated GPU just fine, so long as the CPU is new enough. Though it can only handle 2-3 streams on a CPU like the Intel chips in a ZimaBoard. So you need to choose wisely.

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    • ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Person you responded to said av1, I didn’t mean to imply you did. HEVC is good balance and quicksync will handle it as you’ve said. 10th gen stuff will handle 4-5 at the expense of more power (but less than like a typical gpu build).

      Last statement you made is critical - usage dictates build

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    • mriormro@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I guess it’s a platter vs energy cost thing. For me it’s way cheaper to buy more storage for my little puck PC that can handle ~4 streams at 1080p and sips power.

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    • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      HEVC (x265) takes half the space of x264

      In some scenarios, it can. Generally I’d say it’s about a 20-30% reduction in size.

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