Even though I have a decent CPU i7 3.4Ghz it seems I can’t handle more than two transcode streams. About 2-3 times a week though (nights) people start streaming and at least one starts to buffer because my cpu is pegged. I’v
e been reading and maybe it’s because I have such great quality sources so I was thinking maybe I should fix my collection so they’re easier to transcode. Is this possible, ignore the time would take but could I do this easily? Is there a “standard” format that I could use that would help my situation?
Yes, you can create “Optimized” versions of your movies.
See here to learn about them: https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/213097057-Optimized-Versions
See here to learn how to do it: https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/213095317-Creating-Optimized-Versions
Yeah, I know I can do that but I want to replace all my content (1600 movies, 12k shows) because I never know what someone will watch.
What’s interesting is that middle movie stopped and the load shot down. Could some movies be causing this, some container, should I look for something specific with that movie that would cause it to use so much of the cpu?
Don’t know.
I don’t know what the Xbox needs to play well, I don’t know what those other two devices are. I am assuming by the names they are Fire TVs.
I use Optimize and set to Universal TV, 4Mbps 720p and never have any issues. But then my remotes users use Rokus and iPads.
From my experience MKV do not work on all clients…
Convert a few to MP4 first and see how they go. !
Have your remote users use the Windows 10 plex app… It will allow MOST formats direct play without transcoding
@detz said:
What’s interesting is that middle movie stopped and the load shot down. Could some movies be causing this, some container, should I look for something specific with that movie that would cause it to use so much of the cpu?
Absolutely - Size , format, bps .
