2024-10-19, 10:58 AM
For transcoding, you want something with a GPU so that Jellyfin can take advantage of HWA. Synology has switched over to using AMD CPUs I believe after their 2020 models. That is, only for their higher-end models.
So with Synology currently, you're stuck with the lower models to get an Intel CPU that actually has an iGPU. Luckily, the DS423+ you're looking at does come with an Intel CPU.
Audio transcoding is actually not that difficult for modern CPUs to handle. If the Jellyfin server needs to transcode the audio, the unit you're looking at should be fine.
So with Synology currently, you're stuck with the lower models to get an Intel CPU that actually has an iGPU. Luckily, the DS423+ you're looking at does come with an Intel CPU.
Audio transcoding is actually not that difficult for modern CPUs to handle. If the Jellyfin server needs to transcode the audio, the unit you're looking at should be fine.
