It's too old to help with transcoding, I'm afraid, so probably won't aid your server in any way.
this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2023
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Well, shucks.
What do you think would be the minimum entry-point to adding a GPU then? I'm reluctant to adding a full sized double/triple-fan current gen GPU to the server because I don't want to increase its idle draw beyond reason.
a 1050ti is what i got. I managed to find mine on ebay for ~50$ but it took some looking. If your price range is higher I have heard good things about intel arc and they are one of the cheaper ways to get av1. You may not even need hw accel if it is just for one to two people. I don't use my card (yet, it doesn't fit in the case) and my i7 4790 handles 1080 just fine with software.
easiest is just to get a newer intel i3 with iGPU.
transcodes everything and is very fast at it as well with quicksync. and uses a low amount of power.
easiest is just to get a newer intel i3 with iGPU.
transcodes everything and is very fast at it as well with quicksync. and uses a low amount of power.
Thanks for the suggestion!
I will keep it in mind but it's not very practicable for me right now, unfortunately, as I'm not looking to replace my whole server setup, I was only looking for a possible upgrade path for the Jellyfin VM on my ESXi server via an empty pcie slot.
This, or even the new N100 chip. The Beelink pcs on amazon are a good option if yod use external storage. Also, there is this page with a lot of info: Server Transcode Info