Server Version#: 1.15.1.710 Windows
I migrated my server over to a newly built desktop from my Mac Mini and I have a question. Should I have HW acceleration on or off?
Based on previous threads there are mixed viewpoint based on my hardware
CPU: AMD Threadripper 2950x 16core 32 Threads
GPU: NVidia 2080 Ti
I have at max 8 remote stream going at once. Normally 2-3.
Depends on what you’re after. If that is dedicated to Plex, I would say ‘no’ as the quality does suffer, it wouldn’t make sense to put such an investment into a system to not use it. On the other hand, HW transcoding greatly reduces system load and power use for the same number of streams. If that appeals to you, then yea by all means enable it.
Its not a fully dedicated box. Its my gaming PC, and it runs some docker containers.
I wanted something with a little more Oomph that then old Mac Mini could handle and the new Minis are a bit expensive for what they deliver. So I made the move to add this workload to this machine.
I just wasn’t sure if HW acceleration even mattered with the AMD CPU.
Ah I got ya. I have a 1950X with Plex running in an LXC container, with a little effort managed to get hardware transcoding to work with a rather basic P400, so despite what the guides here will tell you… it is possible for it to work with your hardware … atleast under Linux - caveat, I can’t say the same for Windows, or docker for that matter.
On the other hand, there is no harm in checking the box. If the hardware transcoding doesn’t work (i.e., no (hw) on stream status’s), then it will just fall back to CPU transcoding and continue on it’s way.
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