GPU for transcoding?

[DarB]

I am not sure if this is the appropriate place for this question. I find every once in a while when playing media on plex on various devices, that when playing super high resolution (4K+) I often get static like lines or discoloration on the tv. If I transcode down to a lower version then this goes away. 

I have heard that adding a GPU to my build could help plex to better handle the transcode load and clear this up, just wondering if others have found this to be the case?

[Zonediver]

4 hours ago, DarB said:

just wondering if others have found this to be the case?

If you want to use a GPU, you need a Plex-Pass too.

And yes, HW-transcondig is more powerful then CPU-transcoding.

An Intel iGPU is sufficient.

Edited June 12 by Zonediver

[DarB]

5 hours ago, Zonediver said:

If you want to use a GPU, you need a Plex-Pass too.

And yes, HW-transcondig is more powerful then CPU-transcoding.

An Intel iGPU is sufficient.

Sweet! Thank you! I have an older GPU (GTX 960) that is not really good for anything else but I will add it to my system for this ( I do have a Plex Pass).

[ChatNoir]

4 hours ago, DarB said:

Sweet! Thank you! I have an older GPU (GTX 960) that is not really good for anything else but I will add it to my system for this ( I do have a Plex Pass).

You might want to check that link to properly understand the capabilities/limitations of each GPUs / architecture.

https://developer.nvidia.com/video-encode-and-decode-gpu-support-matrix-new

[DarB]

2 hours ago, ChatNoir said:

You might want to check that link to properly understand the capabilities/limitations of each GPUs / architecture.

https://developer.nvidia.com/video-encode-and-decode-gpu-support-matrix-new

Oh wow, that is super helpful! Thanks!