NanPatterson 2 Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 All, I just wanted to confirm something if possible. I have two servers. One is an ESXi box hosting a Windows Server VM that has Emby Server installed. Another is a TrueNAS box that stores all my movies and shows, among other things. I am going to toss in a GPU to help with transcoding. Does the actual transcoding take place on the storage server or server hosting the Emby server install? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution pwhodges 1537 Posted March 12, 2023 Solution Share Posted March 12, 2023 (edited) It's the Emby server doing the transcoding, not the storage (which knows nothing about its content) - so it's the Emby server that needs access to the GPU. Paul Edited March 12, 2023 by pwhodges 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanPatterson 2 Posted March 12, 2023 Author Share Posted March 12, 2023 Excellent, thank you. I will look at a GPU for the ESXi box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwhodges 1537 Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Check out if there are any limitations on what GPUs can be passed through by ESXi to the VM. I know it can be done, but no other details. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanPatterson 2 Posted March 12, 2023 Author Share Posted March 12, 2023 Sounds good, will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37178 Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Let us know how you get on. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanPatterson 2 Posted March 12, 2023 Author Share Posted March 12, 2023 Shall do. May be a few months for research and purchase but, I will report back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanPatterson 2 Posted June 24, 2023 Author Share Posted June 24, 2023 Update - Swapped over to XCP-ng with two SYS-6019U-TRT servers and a P4000 in the one running the Emby VM using passthrough. I tested with Twister (VC1, burned in subtitles) since it always skipped/buffered when streaming; it ran perfect. I tried a 4K and there was some struggle still but I think that may be too heavy on my wireless. Will test that again when I have a wired client. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37178 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Great, thanks for the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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