2024-12-16, 05:32 AM
@fflam
So, it sounds like the opposite of Kodi... where with Kodi, my NAS is just 2 hard drives on the network, no OS or processing/decoding, and the quality of video is based on obviously a good file/source, but also the power of the client computer attached to the TV. An N100 mini PC would decode and display a large video file better than using a Kodi app installed on a smart TV.
Jellyfin, the server with the media files, does all the work? Using the Jellyfin app on a smart TV will work just as well as an N100 running the app?
I think that's where I'm mostly unclear. My concern is having a large 4K video on the server with a 10,000kbps bitrate and HDR colour, and it streams and looks about the same as a 1080p 4,000kbps video... phones/tablets, whatever... I can see why it'll compress for those, but on a 65" 4K HDR TV, I want to make sure I'm getting full quality from the files.
Again, my personal TV would be within feet of the access point router, and everything Cat6 ethernet... sadly a mix of 1GB and 2.5GB connections so, likely run at the slowest 1GB, which should still be fast enough I would think for full quality of the bigger files.
My old PC I am thinking may be a good candidate for a server. Xeon E3-1231 v3, which is about the same as an i7-4770 (no iGPU) with 16GB DDR3 and a GTX1060 6GB.
I have mirror backups of my NAS drives, which will come in handy... and my PC has a hot-swappable SATA bay for drives, also very handy.
I guess I'd install Win10 to the SSD drive (C:\) because I know squat about Linux. Also take the 2x4TB drives out of the NAS and I guess format NTFS and copy all my files back over from backups. Set Jellyfin up on that PC as a server and once all done, all it needs is a power cable and an ethernet jack. Set BIOS to auto-restart if power outtages, and since I live in the country, I'd definitely have to. Setup share drives like I have now so on my main PC I can dump files to the Jellyfin server.
What I don't get though is, how does the server update?
When I turn on Kodi, it scrapes the NAS looking for new files added. With Jellyfin server, do I need to access it constantly to update? or will it just detect files on its own and update? I don't want to have a server that I have to connect to the TV and constantly open up with a wireless keyboard to scrape and update... maybe can be done remotely on my new PC with the browser?
The GTX1060 is in my new PC right now, until hopefully boxing week when I buy a new 4070Super... so until then, the old PC can't be used so can't play around with this stuff yet.
So, it sounds like the opposite of Kodi... where with Kodi, my NAS is just 2 hard drives on the network, no OS or processing/decoding, and the quality of video is based on obviously a good file/source, but also the power of the client computer attached to the TV. An N100 mini PC would decode and display a large video file better than using a Kodi app installed on a smart TV.
Jellyfin, the server with the media files, does all the work? Using the Jellyfin app on a smart TV will work just as well as an N100 running the app?
I think that's where I'm mostly unclear. My concern is having a large 4K video on the server with a 10,000kbps bitrate and HDR colour, and it streams and looks about the same as a 1080p 4,000kbps video... phones/tablets, whatever... I can see why it'll compress for those, but on a 65" 4K HDR TV, I want to make sure I'm getting full quality from the files.
Again, my personal TV would be within feet of the access point router, and everything Cat6 ethernet... sadly a mix of 1GB and 2.5GB connections so, likely run at the slowest 1GB, which should still be fast enough I would think for full quality of the bigger files.
My old PC I am thinking may be a good candidate for a server. Xeon E3-1231 v3, which is about the same as an i7-4770 (no iGPU) with 16GB DDR3 and a GTX1060 6GB.
I have mirror backups of my NAS drives, which will come in handy... and my PC has a hot-swappable SATA bay for drives, also very handy.
I guess I'd install Win10 to the SSD drive (C:\) because I know squat about Linux. Also take the 2x4TB drives out of the NAS and I guess format NTFS and copy all my files back over from backups. Set Jellyfin up on that PC as a server and once all done, all it needs is a power cable and an ethernet jack. Set BIOS to auto-restart if power outtages, and since I live in the country, I'd definitely have to. Setup share drives like I have now so on my main PC I can dump files to the Jellyfin server.
What I don't get though is, how does the server update?
When I turn on Kodi, it scrapes the NAS looking for new files added. With Jellyfin server, do I need to access it constantly to update? or will it just detect files on its own and update? I don't want to have a server that I have to connect to the TV and constantly open up with a wireless keyboard to scrape and update... maybe can be done remotely on my new PC with the browser?
The GTX1060 is in my new PC right now, until hopefully boxing week when I buy a new 4070Super... so until then, the old PC can't be used so can't play around with this stuff yet.