January 13, 20251 yr I'm sorry. I know this question or a variant has been asked, but it isn't clear to sift through all the various answers without knowing what would apply in my situation. I have an Unraid server running 6.12.13 on a 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700K. I am not overclocking. I am running the Linux server/plex with an extensive library, mostly Bluray, a growing number of 4KUHD, and several DVD titles. I have been contemplating using hardware transcoding but trying to decide: Don't worry about transcoding Use the Intel GPU transcoding. Acquire a NVIDIA card and use its GPUs for transcoding What would be your recommendation if it was your Unraid system or if you have done it? If I go down the NVIDIA route, I am unsure how much NVIDIA power I should consider. Thanks in advance, Dale
January 14, 20251 yr 7 hours ago, dchamb said: Use the Intel GPU transcoding. Use your Intel iGPU since it is most certainly capable of transcoding multiple 4K streams at once. Just pass through the Device /dev/dri to your Plex container (only working when you have a valid Plex Pass) and you should be good to go.
January 14, 20251 yr Author OK great! I will give this a try. I have a lifetime Plex Pass so that should work.
January 14, 20251 yr Community Expert 7 hours ago, ich777 said: Use your Intel iGPU since it is most certainly capable of transcoding multiple 4K streams at once. Second! I use a 12600k and it has no trouble at all transcoding for my family usage.
January 14, 20251 yr Author 8 hours ago, ich777 said: Use your Intel iGPU since it is most certainly capable of transcoding multiple 4K streams at once. Just pass through the Device /dev/dri to your Plex container (only working when you have a valid Plex Pass) and you should be good to go. So just adding that to the container is all that is needed? I have PlexPass. I thought there was a setting in the configuration.
January 14, 20251 yr 5 hours ago, dchamb said: So just adding that to the container is all that is needed? I have PlexPass. That's should be it. 5 hours ago, dchamb said: I thought there was a setting in the configuration. In the Plex settings there is most definitely a setting for that but it should be set to Automatic by default and that should do the trick. I have to say that I don't use Plex, maybe ask on the Plex support thread for your container to get support if you got trouble activating it.
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