2023-07-04, 10:09 AM
Hey @Fiddler
1. When direct streaming, your underlying storage medium aswell as your network might be loaded. Esp. your network might be an issue (for you) if you play videogames or alike if more then 1-2 persons _direct stream_. When you enable transcoding its another story alltogether, as JF tries to transcode as much as possible in the shortest time so you will experience (when throttle transcodes) bursts of heavy GPU/CPU or prolonged heavy hardware usage depending on the file and configuration.
2. Your PC will go into a power saving state if not used but normal desktop PCs are prone to have all sorts of background programs running so depending on how "cluttered" your pc is with other software, expect an idle PC to draw around 100-160W. This also comes down to your desktop grade CPU, they are not really used for efficency but high power usage. That is the reason why low power CPUs exist :-D
3. That is exactly the point. A Dedicated nas has
a. Hardware that supports 24/7 runtime with a minimum of power draw and long lasting components
b. Does not use any high power device that you might use for other purposes
c. Does have the corresponding software to support the whole ecosystem (NFS, SMB, Docker, RAID, etc)
_some_ use a Rpi4 with relative success but we dont generally recommend it, unless you already know what you are up for. the rpi "does" support hardware accelerated transcoding *but* its extremally limited and hard to setup in my opinion. With rpi transcoding is pretty much off the table.
If you want to setup your home streaming service, i would recommend a good NAS. If you want to tinker with it, build it yourself and use TrueNasScale/Unraid or if you want to go the "easy" route, get something like a SynologyDS920+
1. When direct streaming, your underlying storage medium aswell as your network might be loaded. Esp. your network might be an issue (for you) if you play videogames or alike if more then 1-2 persons _direct stream_. When you enable transcoding its another story alltogether, as JF tries to transcode as much as possible in the shortest time so you will experience (when throttle transcodes) bursts of heavy GPU/CPU or prolonged heavy hardware usage depending on the file and configuration.
2. Your PC will go into a power saving state if not used but normal desktop PCs are prone to have all sorts of background programs running so depending on how "cluttered" your pc is with other software, expect an idle PC to draw around 100-160W. This also comes down to your desktop grade CPU, they are not really used for efficency but high power usage. That is the reason why low power CPUs exist :-D
3. That is exactly the point. A Dedicated nas has
a. Hardware that supports 24/7 runtime with a minimum of power draw and long lasting components
b. Does not use any high power device that you might use for other purposes
c. Does have the corresponding software to support the whole ecosystem (NFS, SMB, Docker, RAID, etc)
_some_ use a Rpi4 with relative success but we dont generally recommend it, unless you already know what you are up for. the rpi "does" support hardware accelerated transcoding *but* its extremally limited and hard to setup in my opinion. With rpi transcoding is pretty much off the table.
If you want to setup your home streaming service, i would recommend a good NAS. If you want to tinker with it, build it yourself and use TrueNasScale/Unraid or if you want to go the "easy" route, get something like a SynologyDS920+
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