2024-01-22, 02:02 AM
Actually I think with that new of a Xeon CPU your cores are fast enough and plentiful enough to transcode 4K to 1080p H264 when needed for a couple of clients at the same time.
But I recommend your users use modern media devices on their TV (Fire TV 4K, Roku 4K, Apple TV 4K, Nvidia Shield Pro, etc) and the Jellyfin Media Player for Windows/Mac/Linux when possible to avoid transcoding when possible.
If your content is AV1 video based, it will only direct play on very modern devices (past 2 years). HEVC/H265 content, which is all 4K content, will work on most anything in the past 5 years
But I recommend your users use modern media devices on their TV (Fire TV 4K, Roku 4K, Apple TV 4K, Nvidia Shield Pro, etc) and the Jellyfin Media Player for Windows/Mac/Linux when possible to avoid transcoding when possible.
If your content is AV1 video based, it will only direct play on very modern devices (past 2 years). HEVC/H265 content, which is all 4K content, will work on most anything in the past 5 years
JellyFin: 10.10.0
OS: Proxmox 8 + Ubuntu 24.04
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RAM: 256GB DDR4
GPU: Intel Arc A380
Rack: HPE DL380 Gen9
Storage: 260TB
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