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Should I upgrade my video card? - fincainc - 2024-05-27
Hi everyone
I have Jellyfin running on a computer with a Ryzen 5 with video capability, 64 gb of DDR 4 ram, and a 14 TB HDD. Sometimes some movies don't seem to want to play. I'll get an error message.
If I added a video card, would that speed things up? I thought that my processor with it's many threads and speed, coupled with 64 gb of ddr ram would make it fast enough to transcode the streams.
Thanks for any advice.
RE: Should I upgrade my video card? - bitmap - 2024-05-27
It's not about power. It's about the right tool for the job. Ryzen processors don't do too well at the job of transcoding. If you have $100-150 to throw at a GPU, buy an Arc A380 (don't bother with a higher-end version, they all use the same hardware for transcoding). It can transcode multiple streams of data for remote users while I'm running an SVT-AV1 job on my CPU and encoding 4K HDR media using ffmpeg (av1_qsv). It's not the size of the hammer, it's the right hammer for the nail.