This is a little different than a basic Plex server as it powers a few different systems in my house. I have a Dell R910 with 4 Xeon X7550 CPUs for a total of 64 threads at 2Ghz, 160G RAM, and a 24 drives in a RAID 6 for a total of 11T running Server 2012 R2. So there is a ton of CPUs, RAM, and dri…

Thank you, I was looking at the matrix but wasn’t sure where I needed to be for Plex to be happy. The T1000 sounds like the better option since it can do in the event that H.265 (HEVC) 4:4:4 is needed in the future.

Alright, so I picked up a T1000 and have it in the one 16x slot in the server. However, transcoding doesn’t seem any better, I still buffer regularly. The Xeon CPUs run at about 10% and the NVidia GPU runs at about 20%. The main client is a 4k Fire stick and it reports transcoding due to bit rate…

I’m running PMS in a Docker container, within an Ubuntu VM on a Proxmox host. When I was using the T1000 I just used the standard installation settings for the drivers, however that was in Ubuntu and not Windows. Does the status in the PMS dashboard when the media is playing on your Roku and being …

It is saying (hw) although you can see it notes “buffering” in the screnshot… [Screenshot 2025-01-19 at 11.39.58 PM] Hum… I don’t seem to have the option for “Hardware transcoding device”… I’m on Version 1.31.3.6868 and do have advanced enabled [Screenshot 2025-01-19 at 11.35.49 PM]

It appears to be using HW accelerated transcoding based on that screenshot. The T1000 should comfortably manage at least three 4K transcodes. You’d need to upgrade to the current PMS version to see the option to select the device, although given the X7550 doesn’t have an iGPU it will be using the T…

[image] barrct: Server 2012 R2 [image] barrct: I’m on Version 1.31.3.6868 and do have advanced enabled You’re running an unsupported operating system and you’re running the last version of PMS that works on this OS which is now coming up on being 2 years old. I would highly recommend …

I am seeing that as the general shows it is the current and when downloading the most recent version, it says it is not compatible. That’s highly unfortunate as it isn’t exactly an easy process to rebuild an entire server nor is it it very cost effective to buy Server 2016 or newer… Is there a spe…

Follow up question… Any issues with Server 2019? I might have an office that decommissioned a 2019 OS/license and updated to 2022.

[image] barrct: Windows Server 2012 R2 is based on Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 R2, codenamed "Windows Server Blue", is the tenth major version of the Windows NT operating system produced by Microsoft to be released under the Windows Server brand name. It …

[image] barrct: Now, since the entire server needs formatted and rebuilt… How do I keep all of my collections, watchlist, edited names, and everything else that have been edited and adjusted over so many years? Like a “backup” and “restore” to new server option? There is no universal backup/r…

Server needs an updated hardware for transcoding

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OttoKerner January 20, 2025, 3:24pm 13

See Please help with a plex server restore - #2 by OttoKerner for a few more detailed hints.

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Server needs an updated hardware for transcoding

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