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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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[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 years ago

The transcodes folder exists by default and the cleanup defaults to daily, I think. You'd only need to mess with the configuration for transcode caching if you want them to stick around for longer

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

Agreed; how many people actually do that?

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

Dunno. My point was just that it's an easy change, so presumably if you care you could figure it out pretty simply

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