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Hey everyone, I'm building a new server to run Jellyfin (with a few other services like Pi-hole) and I'm stuck on GPU or CPU transcoding.

My main concern is smooth 4K HDR transcoding for 1 stream. I've been reading mixed advice online – some people say a strong CPU with good single-core performance can handle it, while others recommend a dedicated GPU.

Should I focus my budget (~$1000AUD/$658USD) on a good CPU, or spend some of it on a dedicated GPU?

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[-] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 29 points 2 years ago

Like others said an Intel CPU with iGPU, alternatively the cheapest Intel Arc GPU (A380?) supports the latest spec of Intel QSV as well.

[-] LaggyKar@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A310 is the cheapest.

I wonder how well it does for transcoding on older computers without ReBAR, since apparently gaming on it is straight out broken without ReBAR. As in, it would actually freeze for a second or so every now and then.

[-] canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

You can enable REBAR on older machines with a UEFI hack.

It's been part of the PCI spec for ages but Nvidia and AMD only started using it recently.

You can check out the tool here.

[-] Ptsf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago
[-] Lemmchen@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Shit, this kinda screws with my plans to use the A380 as a transcoding card for my server.

[-] verdantbanana@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago
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