I’m running Plex on a remote server that has a poor processing power (cannot transcode in real-time properly), so I decided to convert all my media to a compatible format that can be direct played/direct streamed, I’m using the Plex feature called “Media Optimizer” to this purpose and now I’m able to play multiple simultaneous media in my server =).
Currently I’m using the option “Background transcoding x264 preset” setted to “very slow”, and I got excellent file sizes, to have an idea I did some tests in one 300MB mkv file using the default preset “very fast” and the resulting mp4 file had 1.3GB, on the other hand with the “very slow” preset the same file got only 850MB!
Finally, my doubt is:
Does the machine that hosts Plex Server influences on the final result of the optimization task? I mean, if my server was better (Better processor), could I get smaller resulting file sizes? Or is this process equal no matter the machine doing the optimization task?
@chmercesmoreira said:
Finally, my doubt is:
Does the machine that hosts Plex Server influences on the final result of the optimization task? I mean, if my server was better (Better processor), could I get smaller resulting file sizes? Or is this process equal no matter the machine doing the optimization task?
It won’t matter. The conversion is just math and won’t change depending on the processor, except for speed.
@chmercesmoreira said:
I’m running Plex on a remote server that has a poor processing power (cannot transcode in real-time properly), so I decided to convert all my media to a compatible format that can be direct played/direct streamed, I’m using the Plex feature called “Media Optimizer” to this purpose and now I’m able to play multiple simultaneous media in my server =).
Currently I’m using the option “Background transcoding x264 preset” setted to “very slow”, and I got excellent file sizes, to have an idea I did some tests in one 300MB mkv file using the default preset “very fast” and the resulting mp4 file had 1.3GB, on the other hand with the “very slow” preset the same file got only 850MB!
Finally, my doubt is:
Does the machine that hosts Plex Server influences on the final result of the optimization task? I mean, if my server was better (Better processor), could I get smaller resulting file sizes? Or is this process equal no matter the machine doing the optimization task?
Here’s a bulletproof Handbrake Guide:
https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1335697/#Comment_1335697
Basically, you create the material you want with the quality you deem acceptable and you won’t have to rely on what Plex’s transcoder (optimizer) believes is best for you.
