Hi everyone I’m currently hosting PMS on my Synology DS220+. I’m for the most part using the client Plex app on my new LG OLED CX. Unfortunately, the latest LG models can’t play DTS, So I’ve run into the issue of not having audio on with some of my media. I try to direct play as much as possible w…

The NUCs with Core iX CPU’s all have Quicksync support. (which means hardware transcoding capability). So no extra GPU is required. In order to make use of the hardfare transcoding capability, you’ll need a Plex Pass. Look up the precise CPU model in your prospective server and determine, which pr…

If I remember correctly, the LG app burns in subtitles when audio is transcoded. So video must be transcoded as well. Unfortunately Intel Celeron is not capable of burning subtitles but you wanna avoid that anyway and only direct play 4K content. You can try Xplay app or buy a streaming device whic…

Thank you for the clear and fast explanation. I’m going to look deeper into this. I want to make the most of plex’s capability to transcode DTS audio and I rather buy a homeserver (which I can use to host other services) then an expensive AV receiver. What would you advise as a low power usage / c…

The NUCs are quite okay in that regard.

Ah oké I see. I’ve also been looking at the Shield but only know of it from what I’ve been reading on this forum so could you please elaborate the use of a shield pro? Would connecting the Shield to my TV and using the plex app on it enable me to transcode DTS audio and use SRT subtitles? I fully …

[image] RaIphy: could you please elaborate the use of a shield pro? It’s an almost perfect Plex client device. However, I’d only use it as a Plex server, if my collection is quite small.

[image] RaIphy: Would connecting the Shield to my TV and using the plex app on it enable me to transcode DTS audio and use SRT subtitles? The Shield can decode the regular DTS just fine on its own. Heck, it can even read VOBSUB and PGS subtitles. Which of course means that SRT subtitles are …

Awesome! Because of some other features of the shield I’m seriously considering buying one. Does that also mean I can just leave my PMS on my NAS instead of migrating to the NUC or does a powerfull CPU also bring some additional perks to plex?

If the Shield will be your only client, you can try and keep the server on the NAS. But a Plex deployment has the tendency to grow in diversity sooner or later… :smiley:

If I may augment here? I have a NUC8-i7-HVK as both my workstation and as secondary PMS system. This little NUC8 is a killer when it comes to processing video . (i7-8809g CPU) I don’t know if I’ve ever seen it be more than 50% utilized (except when I’m deliberately beating on it for work)

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