2023-07-19, 09:12 PM
I have been a Kodi user for many years, but I am not up to date with the new technologies. I usually had a NAS that had my media and then installed Kodi clients (previously on fire tv 4k or nvidia shield tubes) on each tv. Recently with the cheaper android TVs, I just sideloaded Kodi and pointed it to the NAS. I am now noticing that certain mkv media isn't able to keep up and I'm pretty sure it's the low powered TVs that are the problem since a tablet in the same area can run just find.
I am considering revamping my entire setup but am trying to use my existing NAS ( Synology DS418 ).
If I were to get a small low power machine such as an intel NUC, point it to the NAS, and make it a dedicated Jellyfin server, would this be enough to stream and perform hardware transcoding to the android TVs? I would like 2 concurrent 4k streams if possible but 1 would be sufficient if it's significantly cheaper.
I know I probably need to provide more specs but even if someone has an article to help me understand how to properly size the environment that would be greatly appreciated.
I am considering revamping my entire setup but am trying to use my existing NAS ( Synology DS418 ).
If I were to get a small low power machine such as an intel NUC, point it to the NAS, and make it a dedicated Jellyfin server, would this be enough to stream and perform hardware transcoding to the android TVs? I would like 2 concurrent 4k streams if possible but 1 would be sufficient if it's significantly cheaper.
I know I probably need to provide more specs but even if someone has an article to help me understand how to properly size the environment that would be greatly appreciated.