Direct streams require little cpu, can use as little as a raspberrypi. Just passing through file access. So can your laptop.
I have another thread going, as I am experiencing performance issues - but this happens even when direct playing, so now I am sceptical about whether to even bother upgrading my server.
But transcode streams… that gets into beefy territory. The 8100’s igpu is very good at video, can handle 6+ 1080P transcodes.
Wow, 6 1080p transcodes would be more than enough. So, armed with that knowledge, I could look to get a Dell Optiplex 3060 with an i3-8100 and that should satisfy my requirements easily?
Direct or transcode… and remember if you have friends/family whether they have the player and bandwidth they’ll f it up and transcode without knowing it. I have quite a few who have fiber connections, shieldtv, chromecast, modern LG and Sony, and plod away all day transcoding. When I first started with a macmini sandy bridge, before hw transcode. Had maybe 4 users, close family. Still was having to constantly text them, you are using up all the cpu, staaahp!. Fix your client settings.
I don’t have any remote streamers, at the moment, but I’m curious what you mean by fixing their client settings? Is there something that should be set on the client-side?
