So I currently run my plex on a synology 918+ and it just isnt up to snuff for what I need - specifically transcoding 1080p with subtitles. I have tried a few workarounds and long story short all come with their own unique complications. I want to get a NUC that can run the server and access the N…

Are your subtitles in SRT or in VOBSUB/PGS format? Even if you avoid 4K., are you also avoiding HEVC for H.264?

My subs are almost all in png or vobsub. As for the HEVC 2.64 I am not sure. My library is pretty unprocessed - I only use handbrake on vc1 files other than that they are just pulled straight from the disk.

I take it you’re referring to PGS subtitles (Blu-Ray subtitles)? On what client are you playing those? – They’re playing fine (=no transcoding) on my iOS / tvOS devices. As for Otto’s question… “unprocessed from disc” isn’t saying much if you’re not saying what kind of media this is… even Blu-Ray…

If you go with a recent model Core i5, on the upper end of the scale, you should be good. Even for the occasional HEVC-encoded file (but not necessarily an UHD 4K Bluray remux).

Considering the amount of issues we have with NUC 11s , I highly suggest you stay away from Intel Xe generations until Plex/Intel stabilize the situation. IMHO, an Nvidia Shield TV for both client AND server is a perfectly capable little box that will handle even 4K and HDR stuff, so you can go forw…

Personally, I cannot recommend the Shield for larger media collections. It is just too impeded by its hardware and its operating system.

Most of my clients are Roku TVs and one samsung, which will not play the PGS subtitles natively. The vast majority of my library are bluray with some standard dvds mixed in. I would say that the average bitrate of my library is somewhere around 25Mbps. To clarify on the CPU needed - the benchma…

[image] plex661: I was looking at either of these models https://www.amazon.com/NUC11PAHi7-Business-Desktop-PC，Intel-i7-1165G7/dp/B09BKRRK8G Don’t get the 11th Gen - there are a lot of issues with hardware transcoding on it right now still waiting to be resolved.

are there any news related to “lot of issues related to hardware transcoding”? Is it OS related? In other words is windows 10 working well? Thank you

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tom80H December 12, 2021, 10:37pm 11

IIRC those were related to a very specific generation of Intel iGPUs; updated transcoder had been in testing for a while and is part of the current (regular) releases.

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