2023-09-30, 08:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 2023-09-30, 08:38 AM by Zippy1970. Edited 1 time in total.)
Oh, and I would like to add that more and more people are looking for low cost hardware to run the Jellyfin server on. I use a Raspberry Pi because of the cost of electricity. As mentioned in my first post, in my neck of the woods, running a small laptop would cost me between $40-$80 per month. The Pi only $4-$8. And that laptop would probably be able to only transcode one stream at a time. If you want to transcode multiple streams, then you probably need hardware that has even higher power consumption. And then you are completely missing the goal of such a media server in the first place. Because, let's be honest. Most people use Jellyfin as an alternative to having to have a subscription to multiple streaming services. So if the energy costs of your hardware are higher than the combined costs of those subscriptions, your are missing your goal.
On the other hand, storage is dirt cheap. I can get a 2TB SSD for under $50. That will store 200 4K movies. Or 150 4K movies plus their 1080p versions.
You say the objective of Jellyfin is to format shift files so they are compatible with the clients. Yet it offers the ability to store multiple versions of the same media in different formats so you can manually choose which version will play on the device you are watching on. The only reason people would do this is to prevent transcoding. Otherwise you would always choose the one with the best quality (= higher resolution, HDR, etc). So why not offer the option to do this automatically?
On the other hand, storage is dirt cheap. I can get a 2TB SSD for under $50. That will store 200 4K movies. Or 150 4K movies plus their 1080p versions.
You say the objective of Jellyfin is to format shift files so they are compatible with the clients. Yet it offers the ability to store multiple versions of the same media in different formats so you can manually choose which version will play on the device you are watching on. The only reason people would do this is to prevent transcoding. Otherwise you would always choose the one with the best quality (= higher resolution, HDR, etc). So why not offer the option to do this automatically?