Transcoding anything >720p is painful.

I run ancient hardware for desktop/laptop >10yrs old apple stuff running linux. I consume media mainly via rpi4 or android.

What’s a minimum level system capable of trans-coding 4k video to x265 in at the very least real time? Is there a tiny trans-coding device out there somewhere?

Would a NUC do? How old or new to churn out 4k x265

Can I avoid hardware? Are cloud gpu’s a thing?

  • @Snowplow8861@lemmus.orgEnglish
    2•10 months ago

    So I think you may not know about quick sync, an Intel transcoding acceleration feature of Intel gpus in Intel CPUs.

    https://handbrake.fr/docs/en/latest/technical/video-qsv.html

    There’s information about it for I think plex and handbrake and ffmpeg in general. This is how some people do real time transcoding for media servers. But I’m not an expert. I just hope you can be guided with easier search terms.

  • @groovingEnglish
    1•10 months ago

    Try handbrake maybe https://handbrake.fr Might not be exactly what you want but something to look at while you wait for other answers.

    If you are actively making 4k videos through, I think it might be time for you to upgrade.

  • DandroidEnglish
    1•10 months ago

    I converted all my ripped Blu Rays over the past couple of weeks. I just used ffmpeg. It took a a while to find the right options to keep subtitles and multiple audio channels and such, but eventually I got it all perfect.

    I found that using my GPU made the quality absolute shit. It was about 3x faster than using my CPU though.