Hi, I am looking to upgrade my current PMS from a mac mini with USB attached portable HDDs.
My family has a variety of devices as clients and I am finding that I need 6 (Ideally 8) concurrent/simultaneous 1080p WAN transcodes with 1 or 2 LAN direct streams. I plan to start providing 4k client and wouldn’t mind future proofing a bit for 1-3 4k transcodes. My internet connection won’t be a factor here as I have 750up bandwidth.
I would like to keep my budget around $1800 but I could stretch that for the right solution.
Small form factor and aesthetic appeal are a factor because it will sit in my open entertainment center.
The Intel NUC8i7s with Haydes Canyon processors look decent but I am not sure if I will get 8 transcodes out of it. I have seen a few posts that said 4-5 without issues but can anyone with experience with a higher number os transcodes chime in?
If not the NUC, then what would you recommend? I am new to the hardware transcoding game but I know that intel quick sync compatible CPUs are a plus. Can plex make use of hardware transcoding with GPUs as well? What would be a workable CPU/GPU combo for the best hardware transcoding at my budget level?
Maybe I’m way off here an I am open to any suggestions.
Thanks!
