Transcoding anything >720p is painful.

I run ancient hardware for desktop/laptop >10yrs old apple stuff running linux. I consume media mainly via rpi4 or android.

What’s a minimum level system capable of trans-coding 4k video to x265 in at the very least real time? Is there a tiny trans-coding device out there somewhere?

Would a NUC do? How old or new to churn out 4k x265

Can I avoid hardware? Are cloud gpu’s a thing?

  • Snowplow8861@lemmus.orgEnglish
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    10 months ago

    So I think you may not know about quick sync, an Intel transcoding acceleration feature of Intel gpus in Intel CPUs.

    https://handbrake.fr/docs/en/latest/technical/video-qsv.html

    There’s information about it for I think plex and handbrake and ffmpeg in general. This is how some people do real time transcoding for media servers. But I’m not an expert. I just hope you can be guided with easier search terms.

    • Toaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
      191·
      10 months ago

      What a great example for the community you are, my guy. I love it.

      Speaking up, knowing you don’t have the full answer but can at least point in a general direction, is HUGE in a community full of constant and rapid change where the previous years information could already be outdated or even obsolete.