"This server is not powerfull enough to convert video" ??? help!

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hey Guys,

I have a question,

My plex server runs on a synology DS216play,
my mean use of this are movies.

But if i want to stream a movie (if i’m out of my network) he will say “THIS SERVER IS NOT POWERFULL ENOUGH TO CONVERT VIDEO”
can somebody please help me with this?

Thank you vermy much!

(sorry 4 the bad english.)

Tom.

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@trumpy81 said:
The error message tells you that your NAS is not powerful enough to transcode video.

Transcoding is the process of changing one set of codecs and file parameters to another set of codecs and parameters on the fly, or in real time. That is a very CPU intensive process and your NAS is not powerful enough to cope with that.

In order to use your files in remote locations you will need to re-encode them and make sure the overall bitrate is as low as possible. You can use the ‘optimise’ function in Plex, but on your NAS that will be very slow.

I recommend using Video To Video (PC) or Handbrake (Mac) to re-encode your files, both are free and both do a good job of re-encoding video.

The preferred format to use is MP4 H.264/AAC or AVC/AAC as this is the most compatible format across the most devices.

For remote use, limit the resolution to 720p and around 2Mbps overall bitrate or less.

thank you very much!!!