So I’m going to be building a new pc here soon or upgrading my current setup. I’m wondering if any of you guys have tried playing any True 4K content (2160p at 80mbps) with decent computer specs. My current setup that I’m going to list below simply cannot handle 4K movies at all (All 4 threads are 9…

PMS recommends a CPU with a passmark score of 2000 for a 10 Mbps video so an 80 Mbps video would need a score of 16,000. This is also assuming you are referring to H264 video. H265 takes a lot more power, so consider at least double the score needed if it is H265. PMS when transcoding runs at 100…

Very nice post, thanks! My 2009 i7 CPU came in at 2100 :slight_smile:

Recently built a Media Server PC just for plex. here is the parts list. It can handle several 1080 transcodes at the same time and can handle a 4K transcode pretty easily as well. the only thing not listed is the “IO Crest 4 Port SATA III PCIe 2.0 x 2 HyperDuo Raid Controller Card Components SI-PEX…

Hello everyone, I have a lenovo M73 tiny with an Intel Core i3-4130T. i’m having problems transcoding 4K movies … there’s anything i can do? or should i just upgrade my CPU? what is the minimum required for a CPU with 4K transcoding ? Thank you all

Best recommendation is encode your 4K media to a format that can direct play the content. I run an i7 with 256gig ssd (9k Passmark) and 4K maxes out the CPU and buffers terribly. I really do not think there is much you can do to get 4K to transcode yet. BTW. Why do you have 4K media to play on a…

I would have to concur with jjrjr1. Unless you’re willing to invest heavily into a high end CPU and setup. I have an I7 980X (Hex core CPU Mark 15,200 ) with a Samsung 250GB SSD for PMS on my server and 4k transcoding for movies starts to buffer horribly within 15 seconds on my HTPC. I instead went …

I’m in the process of building an HTPC/NAS for my home theater… I’m gonna go with an i5-7500 which has a passmark of about 8000. Now, I’ve laid hands on a few 4K, 10 bits movies and it brought my old i7-2600K to its knees, which has a passmark of about 8400. It has me worried as my setup is 4K and a…

If you’re asking will the GTX 1050 decode 4k material, yes. That way your PMS won’t have to do the heavy lifting by trying to transcode it. When I play 4k material, my PMS runs around 5% CPU utilization and the GTX 1050 in my HTPC does the decoding.

the GTX will only transcode it the movie is going over its output, right? or does the OS utilize the graphics cards hardware to transcode the video that is then sent over the Ethernet Port?

Transcoding 4K Requirements

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I just got some holiday videos my brother brought back from his last vecation laying arround on our PMS. They are at a Bitrate of about 50-60 Mbps (3840x2160). For now the i5-6600K is handeling them just fine. I did a little Test, he maxed out for about 1 minute transcoding a 2 min. clip.

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