So, I took advantage of the discount on Plex Lifetime yesterday… mainly for DVR usage w/my HDHomeRun Flex 4K. But, I’d love to use it for away-from-home transcoding as well. My movies/shows are on a Synology 1821+, which I understand can’t do s/w or h/w for UHD rips. But, if I buy a dedicated mini P…

I think a lot of folks in your situation go for a NUC as an option. I’ve also seen many like using ThinkCenter M Tiny computers - particularly refurbished or used from business sell offs - as part of their homelab setup for similar situations. Either of those with a modern intel chipset will be able…

Thanks for your reply. I did see that Plex article you linked. Think NUC/mini-PC is the way to go for me… just trying to pick ‘best’ option. Don’t need something overpowered, but one that’s well suited to transcode a single UHD rip (HEVC w/DV) to a single user out of the home. I have a 1 gig fiber I…

The N100 beats my Celeron N5105 by 25% and I assume the N150 will be even better (just not listed on the site yet). My chip can handle that transcoding and more just fine so you’ll likely be set.

If running Linux, run Ubuntu 24.10 (or equivalent). 24.10 has the 6.11 kernel, which has support for the N150. [image] Intel N150 Hardware Transcoding on Ubuntu LTS 24.04.1 LTS Hardware Hi there, I’ve installed Plex on the new GKMTek 3 Plus with the Intel N150 processor,…

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If running Linux, run Ubuntu 24.10 (or equivalent). 24.10 has the 6.11 kernel, which has support for the N150.

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