Jellyfin on a Mini PC

[pxr5]

Hi all,

I currently run Jellyfin in a container on a Synology NAS - which works very well apart from the lack of transcoding. I've just got a great little Mini PC Link and was thinking about putting JF on this instead. I've read the guide for JF and transcoding on a Windows PC but it's all a bit baffling. Is just a matter of setting up JF and selecting QSV from the Hardware Acceleration drop down? I know Linux would be a better choice but as it's new I'd rather stick with WIn11 for now.

Thank you.

[TheDreadPirate]

Follow our QSV setup docs.

https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/admini...ndows-host

There are a couple extra steps you need to do other than selecting QSV from the HWA drop down. Like the group policy change in step 3.

You will also need to select the appropriate codecs that your N100 supports decoding and encoding. Use this table to aid in selecting the right boxes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quic...d_encoding

Your iGPU supports tone mapping so select those boxes. Also, I'm pretty sure you can check Low Power encoding without having to do any additional setup.

[pxr5]

^ Brilliant, thank you so much.

[ScottieKnowz]

Hey everyone. Been using Jellyfin for awhile now and am very satisfied. 
I am currently running it on my main machine which is a desktop , but also my gaming machine. I'm thinking about getting a minipc for my home server instead of being on my main pc to prevent any performance hiccups while gaming.

I watch content in 4k so I probably need the higher end of things.
I was looking at the MINISFORUM UM890 Pro Mini PC which has a Ryzen 9 8945HS. I know I've read that iGPUs can struggle with 4k tone mapping however with such a high end iGPU is that still a concern

I do share my jellyfin with my family so there could be multiple concurrent streams.
If it is even the slightest of concerns I'll just swap to building a full size machine and throw in a closet with cooling or something.

Thanks in advanced for your opinions.

[TheDreadPirate]

The bottleneck with iGPUs and tone mapping has to due with VRAM and VRAM bandwidth. Both of which iGPUs, AMD and Intel, sorely lack.

I'd choose an Intel iGPU over an AMD iGPU every day of the week. Intel Quick Sync has been, and still is, the gold standard in terms of quality. AMD still significantly lags behind both Nvidia, a close 2nd place, and Intel in terms of quality.

If you will likely have more than one tone mapped stream simultaneously, you should plan on a system with a dedicated GPU.

[ScottieKnowz]

Appreciate the response!

I'll just continue using my secondary machine then. I think the 5900x and 3090 should do the trick xD

[conor]

I've the same iGPU (780M) in an 8745H. Don't have much need for transcoding but I tried a 4k HDR video with tone mapping turned on. The web player failed but I'd four streams  working simultaneously just fine. Didn't look like it was close to maxing out either.

[TheDreadPirate]

We'd need to see your ffmpeg logs.

[conor]

Tried the web player and it worked, don't know what caused it to fail previously. If you're meaning logs of a successful transcode see below.

https://paste.kodi.tv/zurivuhiqe

[TheDreadPirate]

No. A ffmpeg log from a failed transcode.