sorry for the confusion
If you add an Nvidia GPU card to your Ryzen system, with the Nvidia drivers, Plex will see the Nvidia and use it - If i enable hardware transcoding will that help with the nvidia drivers?
Correct.
You must only be careful of which card(s) you use.
While all support H.264 (AVC), not all support HEVC.
The current Nvidia drivers should meet the minimum requirement.
Installation of the drivers (version 418.30 and above) is, of course, your responsibility.
so in that aspect can you suggest any NVidia cards which support all of them even thought its expensive? is Nvidia 1000 series a good choice
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There is nothing I personally, or Plex as a company, can recommend.
If you perform a search of the forum for Nvidia cards, youâll quickly see the popular threads and cards in use.
I can tell you that we use the GTX-1050 / 1060 for testing in our lab.
thank you so much
Be sure to check that the card supports the Main 10 profile for 10 bit HEVC. Some older hardware main not support this. Since most of the HEVC content out there seems to be 10 bit, this might be a showstopper for some HW.
I understand that GT-130 is recommended as a cheap model that provides the required transcoding HW. I have no direct experience with it though, I am an AMD guy myself.
in your opinion based on the build i suggested, what nvidia card would u suggest or for that matter a GPU which can pretty much handle all files and HW transcoding? atleast for some years
Plex, 4k, transcoding, and you has a lot of information that might be relevant, including links to the intel and nvidia info on what cards support what codecs.
the simplest solution for a new build is an intel 7000 series CPU (or newer) with an integrated 600 series intel GPU.
simple, cost effective, low power, low complexity, no extra gpu required, works with plex on linux and windows.
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Well 10 bit isnt possible anyways. For transcoding in general, Id go with Intel.
i know but since i had the parts already, i have an amd ryzen 5 3400g only thats why planning to add a gpu to compensate the transcoding. THATS why thinking of adding the GTX-1060.
yes, a 1060 or 1650+ are good.
on linux, video ram is the limit, buy the cheapest card with the most video ram that you can afford.
check craigs list/ebay for used ones too, it doesnât really matter much if they were used for mining.
the video encoder/decoder is different functions from the 3d/compute stuff. it doesnât matter what the gaming performance is (well unless you are going to use for gaming too).
Yea if thats the case, the 1060 is good. Try and get one of the 6 gig ones rather than the 3 gig.
sure, thank you
is there a particulat brand of 1060? or is it nvidia GTX 1060?? i am seeing a lot of them on amazon
But, how do you explain this thread at reddit?
His build only use the AMD APU, so no intel CPU or even a dGPU. And even the 6 hw transcoded streams seem to make the APUâs Vega 8 busy according to the screenshot he posted.
He posted other screenshots and the pcpartpicker for the build also.
Iâve seen that thread for over a year now (including his original thread which he posted earlier), and plex employees still donât have any comment on it like itâs nothing. Not to mention the official website doesnât say anything even thought itâs working !!.
Very simply:
The server is running Windows 10 Pro. Itâs a headless server (no display) and I control it using the built-in Windows Remote Desktop software. The exact build can be found here.
It is Windows. Linux is an entirely different matter.
In Windows,
- The Windows user base dwarfs Linux.
- Microsoft sales, and subsequently profits, are directly tied to the number of major features they can support.
- Most importantly, Microsoft does not use the VA-API to render. They have their own.
Hello,
i have build a new OMV-Nas with this CPU.
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root@omv-nas:~# inxi -F
System: Host: omv-nas Kernel: 5.6.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Console: tty 0 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME B450M-A v: Rev X.0x serial: 191059974708120 UEFI: American Megatrends
v: 1820 date: 09/12/2019
CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G with Radeon Vega Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP L2 cache: 2048 KiB
Speed: 1258 MHz min/max: 1400/3700 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1258 2: 1256 3: 1258 4: 1256 5: 1260 6: 1263 7: 1361
8: 1255
Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Picasso driver: amdgpu v: kernel
Display: server: No display server data found. Headless machine? tty: 252x38
Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.6.0-0.bpo.2-amd64
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169
IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: a8:5e:45:5e:00:d3
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: 02:42:d8:1b:c2:6a
IF-ID-2: veth4399926 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 6e:b2:5b:6c:90:a6
Drives: Local Storage: total: 17.51 TiB used: 10.37 TiB (59.2%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB size: 232.89 GiB
ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD60EFRX-68L0BN1 size: 5.46 TiB
ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD30EFRX-68EUZN0 size: 2.73 TiB
ID-4: /dev/sdc vendor: Western Digital model: WD100EFAX-68LHPN0 size: 9.10 TiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 214.02 GiB used: 10.49 GiB (4.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-2: swap-1 size: 13.93 GiB used: 2.0 MiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
Sensors: Missing: Required tool sensors not installed. Check --recommends
Info: Processes: 225 Uptime: 7d 1h 47m Memory: 13.66 GiB used: 1.85 GiB (13.6%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Shell: bash
inxi: 3.0.32
I think this is the best mix between power and energy saving.
So the part is super quiet and consumes in normal operation when streaming film per Plex (DirectPlay) about 33 -40 watts (fluctuating)
When streaming from a mobile phone with Plex incl. transcoding from a 4K film, the NAS consumes approx. 105Watt and this in its own WLAN network (5G mesh) without jerking 
but since I need to transcode it only when I am on holiday I neglect it in my additional charge of the power consumption.
In that I now already calculate with 40Cent per KW because the electricity price increases anywayâŠ
Therefore the bill in this case is 0,04 kW * 0,40 ⏠= 0,016 ⏠per hour x 24 hours = 0,384 ⏠per day x 365 days = 140,16 Euro
If one would take the real electricity price of about 30 cents, one would have around 85 Euro per year in 24/7 operation.
So for the first tests I am really surprised and I was afraid that I would use more electricity.
But I donât have a raid running at the moment because I need my storage space
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PS: on My System is Plex install native in Debian not in a DockerâŠ
I was really hoping that the new 4700G and 4600G were going to be on the shelf in the next couple weeks. Iâm pretty bummed that it is just going to be in pre-built systems for a while. It makes sense since that is AMDâs best path towards large revenue and market share, but still pretty bummed since I really want AMD for high core counts for cpu encoding today, and GPU encoding at some point if it gets added later. âŠand I donât want to pay power/cash for a GPU just now.
