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How can I optimize my jellyfin, specifically transcoding and the CPU usage involved? I'm running it off a mini pc so resources are everything (sh.itjust.works)
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This is something that has been increasingly prevalent with my server, for the longest time I could torrent, have two people watching and everything's fine, but lately, especially with specific shows, it will take upwards of a minute for a show to start.

I've looked into it and the culprit is ffmpeg most of the time, I assume this has something to do with the specific files not having transcoding "baked in" but I don't know enough to know if that's the case. Can anyone help me optimize my pipeline at all?

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[–] 7 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

Is it Intel?

If so I would use GPU acceleration

Edit: I see it is a N100. Definitely use hardware acceleration. I would also make sure that you run your media though Handbrake if it is in raw form.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Given they use a N100, I'd suggest redownloading instead of transcoding for time and energy saving (i.e cost).

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Downloading from where?

    You get the content from blurays typically (you surely aren't talking about piracy)

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Given OP mentioned torrent and watching media in the same sentence I assume they didn't rip their own media, and pirated it instead.

    If my assumption is wrong, I apologize.

    Piracy and MoralityWhether they own a physical edition of that media I don't know. In my opinion owning a physical medium of the media is a big part in the morality discussion of piracy.

    But in my juriscition I'm legally not allowed to break the encryption used for CD/DVD/Blu-ray, so I'm technically pirating even if I rip my own discs. There's obviously no way for copyright owners to find out if their discs were ripped for a private copy, but that's also (nearly) the case for Usenet/Torrent with proper precautions.

    Anyway, if you read until this point, thank you!

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Yes, I did, I do not apologize. Fuck big streaming. I only redownload if the size is too big however, finding the "exact" correct codec is just kind of a pain in the ass.

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