In my server I currently have an Intel i7 9th gen CPU with integrated Intel video.
I don’t use or need A.I. or LLM stuff, but we use jellyfin extensively in the family.
So far jellyfin worked always perfectly fine, but I could add (for free) an NVIDIA 2060 or a 1060. Would it be worth it?
And as power consumption, will the increase be noticeable? Should I do it or pass?
If it is working for you as is, no need to make a change
Most Intel GPUs are great at transcoding. Reliable, widely supported and quite a bit of transcoding power for very little electrical power.
I think the main thing I would check is what formats are supported. If the other GPU can support newer formats like AV1 it may be worth it (if you want to store your videos in these more efficient formats or you have clients who can consume these formats and will appreciate the reduced bandwidth).
But overall I would say if you aren’t having any problems no need to bother. The onboard graphics are simple and efficient.
Intel has excellent transcode, even in their igpus.
I use an arc750 specifically for transcode, av1 runs at ludicrous speeds, but don’t do an Nvidia, they kind of suck because they dont support vaapi, only nvenc/nvdec and vdpau.
If the iGPU is getting the job done, I would leave that alone. You could add a GPU and pass it through to a gaming VM. But that is an entirely different project.
Could be an interesting project tough, will definitely think about that. Not top priority, but why not since the hardware its free?
Power consumption, if you care about that.
Yes, but if I can stream games to my mobile device that could be an acceptable treadeoff, if the card doesn’t drain too much when idle
Look up the GPU on these charts to find out what codecs it will support: https://developer.nvidia.com/video-encode-and-decode-gpu-support-matrix-new
NVENC support will tell you what codecs your GPU can generate for client devices, and NVDEC support determines the codecs your GPU can read.
Then compare it with the list of codecs that your Intel can handle natively.
Thanks!
Both the 2060 and the 1060 don’t support AV1 either way, so I guess its pointless to me.
I ran a 1650 super for a while. At idle it added about 10W and would draw 30-40W while transcoding. I ended up taking it out because the increased power wasn’t worth the slight performance increase for me.
Yeah look like a lot… Probably not worth it.
THE FOLLOWING IS WRONG!!!
EMBY BAD, JELLYFIN IS OPEN SPURCE, NOT EMBY
Switch to emby
Why?
THE FOLLOWING IS WRONG!!!
EMBY BAD, JELLYFIN IS OPEN SOURCE, NOT EMBY
It’s open source equivalent and won’t enshittify on you, like plex did, like jellyfin will
Is jellyfin getting enshittified? Why you say that? Doesn’t seems like its following plex
THE FOLLOWING IS WRONG!!!
EMBY BAD, JELLYFIN IS OPEN SOURCE, NOT EMBY
As long as it’s not released under a copyleft license, it remains a possibility. That’s not to say they’ve actually done anything untoward, but this is a warning to the people who have been bit by this dynamic one too many times
If and when, I will have plenty of time to migrate. I hate plexification and will indeed switch to emby IF and WHEN.
So far, seems jellyfin is under a copyleft license, so unless they break it, I think I am fine.
And sincerely, jellyfin totally rocks.
I have fucked up!!! It is emby that is closed source fuckkkkkk!!!
“Emby has been relicensed and is now closed-source, while open source components will be moved to plugins. Due to this, a free open source fork of Emby was created called Jellyfin.”
