I’m running Jellyfin on 6th gen i3 and quicksync works fine.
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nieceandtows@programming.dev 11 months ago
If you are planning to use it as a jellyfin or other media server, look for 8th Gen or later Intel. They have Intel quicksync that provide hardware decoding.
Buckshot@programming.dev 11 months ago
rappo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You make a good point, but OP’s pick is still a really good choice. In early 2020 my old desktop became the new home server: i7-6700K w/ 32gb ram. It’s been going strong every day since. Unraid with Jellyfin, pihole, HAOS, and like 20 other containers running. I generally serve untranscoded 4k hevc videos locally, but I tossed in an old geforce 900 series for both on the fly transcoding as needed (honestly, it’s rare if ever) and for tdarr.
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Why 8th gen? Wikipedia and Plex say quicksync was added in Sandy Bridge.
AlphaAutist@lemmy.world 11 months ago
8th gen is when support was added for HEVC I’m pretty sure
TechAdmin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yep, 8th gen (Coffee Lake) saw a lot of improvements in Intel Quick Sync, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video#Hard…
ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 11 months ago
QuickSync is available on earlier gen machines. I have 7th gen with it.
TechAdmin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Intel Quick Sync video saw a lot of improvements on 8th gen & since it’s all so old the pricing differences between 7th & 8th gen are going to be negligible.
ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I don’t see as nearly as many used ThinkCentre Tinys for sale with post 7th gen chips. I wonder if this is why.