Ideal Hardware for Jellyfin

[jadooboga_banana_2343]

I tried on a macbook air (from work) and although it's an m3, it said 'transcoding', codec not supported...

I don't have that to hand just now, but same in my iGPU (i5):


Device-1: Intel WhiskeyLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics 620] driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: Chicony LG Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 resolution: 1920x1200~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (WHL GT2)
v: 4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2


Here is the full report:


Playback Info
Player / Html Video Player
Play method / Transcoding
Protocol / http
Stream type / HLS

Video Info
Player dimensions / 1691x926
Video resolution / 3839x1606
Dropped frames / 0
Corrupted frames / 0

Transcoding Info
Video codec / H264
Audio codec / AAC
Audio channels / 2
Bitrate / 10.9 Mbps
Transcoding progress / 72.4%
Transcoding framerate / 33 fps

Reason for transcoding:
The container is not supported
The video codec is not supported
The audio codec is not supported

Original Media Info
Container / mkv
Size / 7.4 GiB
Bitrate / 6.7 Mbps
Video codec / HEVC Main 10
Video bitrate / 6.4 Mbps
Video range type / SDR
Audio codec / AAC LC
Audio bitrate / 320 kbps
Audio channels / 6
Audio sample rate / 48000 Hz



I followed all the instructions to get jellyfin-ffmpeg installed correctly (mint 22.04).


Both on my i5 and on the M3, the CPU is close to pegged. On the i5, it 'stutters' during playback. I installed the standard way on the M3...

Am I right in assuming that HWA drivers are just missing for this particular iGPU / ffmpeg / codec?


Sorry for all the questions!