tekfranz Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 I am just wondering if EMBY Server runs well on a Mac. I am thinking of moving my Server to a Mac running Monterey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellisdustin Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 (edited) Just going to be honest here, MacOS seems very low in the priority list. During the last beta there was not one beta release for MacOS, meaning GA for all OSes was GA for MacOS. All other OSes had beta releases, including NAS devices. I’m running Mac for my Emby server and it runs fairly well, but wanted to share that experience. My main issue is that I have not be able to use HW transcoding at all, maybe because I’m on Apple Silicon. I have NOT run Emby on any other OS, so I cannot compare. Only Plex to Emby. Also, if you are on Apple Silicon, there is not support for that yet. It’s coming… but not sure when. I believe the issue is that with all other builds the release can be automated, but not with MacOS yet, which is very common. Edited June 28 by ellisdustin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekfranz Posted June 28 Author Share Posted June 28 (edited) Thanks. I might give it a try. Would you know if webm files play on IOS without hardware transcoding? If it’s too much trouble I might try a Linux server instead. Edited June 28 by tekfranz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Let us know how you get on. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekfranz Posted July 5 Author Share Posted July 5 (edited) The Mac Studio looks like a good Device, especially if one upgraded the SSD to 2TB. I need to decide how much I want to spend on a home Server, especially when EBMS can make perfect use of a hand me down Windows box or said box with Linux installed. Possibly, a Synology would be a better deal. Edited July 5 by tekfranz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellisdustin Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 30 minutes ago, tekfranz said: The Mac Studio looks like a good Device, especially if one upgraded the SSD to 2TB. I need to decide how much I want to spend on a home Server, especially when EBMS can make perfect use of a hand me down Windows box or said box with Linux installed. Possibly, a Synology would be a better deal. I’d recommend not upgrading the SSD but that’s just me. I have a 512 m1 mini and run all my media off external drives. That’s just me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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