Self-hosted Jellyfin CPU or GPU for 4K HDR transcoding? (lemmy.one)

submitted 2 years ago by MoonlitSanguine@lemmy.one to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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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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[-] SmallBorg@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I also struggled to get it to work with an Intel Celeron N5100. To get it to work I followed the instructions in the Jellyfin documentation. It seems like there are some additional steps for some versions of Intel CPUs, could it be that yours is affected? After enabling "Low-Power Encoding" it worked as expected.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Do you have it installed with docker?

[-] SmallBorg@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Yes, I have it installed as a Docker container in a Debian 12 machine. My Docker compose file is something like this:

  jellyfin:
    container_name: jellyfin
    image: jellyfin/jellyfin
    group_add:
      - "105" 
      - "44"
      - "102"
    devices:
      - /dev/dri/renderD128:/dev/dri/renderD128
      - /dev/dri/card0:/dev/dri/card0

The group numbers were obtained following Jellyfin's documentation.

You also need to configure Jellyfin from Menu > Playback. In "Hardware acceleration" I selected "Intel QuickSync (QSV)". I have selected all but AV1 (not supported by my CPU) from "Enable hardware decoding from:" and from "Hardware encoding options:" I have enable all 3 of them.

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