Hi !
I am about to purchase a Plex pass in order to enable sync + hardware transcoding.
In the past I have heard cpu transcoding will provide better quality.
Is this still the case ? Will the 1050ti provide as good quality as cpu transcoding ?
Thanks
Anyone knows the answer to this question ? I am kinda waiting on an answer before proceeding with my rebuild.
Wondering if I should invest more on a good CPU or perhaps an AMD Ryzen and add a 1050ti for transcoding power.
I am interested to know the quality loss using the 1050ti will be noticeable or not.
Thanks !
A CPU will do better with garbage streams (< 2Mbps) but if you want to do 4k without tanking your system then you need a hardware encoder/decoder like what is found on the 1050ti. Keep in mind amount of video Ram and video Ram speed govern how many streams are possible and when they fail they don’t fail gracefully.
Howdy Pierre - even with my old eyes and scratchy old glasses H/W transcoding is not good. If this system is just for PLEX get a CPU that best fits your budget. Save the GPU money for your gaming system or more HDD for your PLEX system. Even a Ryzen 5 3600 will get you 5-6 streams. Get good playback devices and you do not have to worry about transcoding. Roku is my go to and my 4K playback is on a Shield connected to my 4K TV via 4K Yamaha amp. Try and design to avoid any transcoding save for small portable devices. (:
many people don’t have any problem with gpu transcoding.
remember, plex does transcoding on the fly, so it is not modifying the original, it does not matter if the quality is less than cpu, because the gpu is taking the load off the cpu and streaming isn’t being saved.
and fwiw, my eye’s cant see any difference, but that obviously depends on the particular quality settings for each.
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