8700G APU

[andrewdestructo]

Hi, I'm new to this and just trying to find the best options for making a Jellyfin server.

The main reasons I'm interested in the 8700G:

1. You don't need a GPU giving you more options in what cases you use.

2. It has AV1 encoding/decoding.

I'm not planning on buying anything in the immediate future just curious about the hardware and wondering if anyone thinks it's viable.

Thanks in advance!

[mikesulsenti]

It'll work just fine

But an Intel 12th/13th gen CPU with an iGPU can also do AV1 decode at least, and still has supports for MPEG-2 HW decoding. Granted you'll be limiting yourself to a dead-end platform.
I don't see AV1 encoding being useful for a while since anything that would play AV1 would just direct play/stream the video.

[TheDreadPirate]

If you plan on running Jellyfin on Windows it should be ok. AMD's encoding drivers on Windows are much better.

The unknown is the quality for that CPU/iGPU. Historically, AMD has lagged behind Nvidia and Intel by a lot.

Your other option is Intel's Meteor Lake laptop CPUs. Which also has AV1 encoding. Intel has always had the better quality encoder.

[nyanmisaka]

This is doable. The 8700G and Radeon RX 7000 series share the same VCN encoder.
But it's not perfect because there's a known hardware issue that prevents it from properly encoding AV1 1080p video. If I had to choose, I would wait for the next generation.

https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/10266
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa...te_1954937