mattcaz 3 Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 I've searched the archives and find a lot of posts about the 2018 Mac Mini and IF it will work well with Emby, but I haven't seen a post with actual results or recommendations. Can someone with a 2018 Mac Mini kindly advise if this is working well for you and if the T2 chip is in fact working on transcoding etc. I appreciate your time and your response! Matthew Caswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37070 Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 HI, it will work and should perform well. Not that this is relevant but I have an even older 2014 macbook for testing and it's able to handle light transcoding duties just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattcaz 3 Posted June 14, 2023 Author Share Posted June 14, 2023 Thank you so much Luke. My 2018 does seem to work very well indeed but I still have no idea that the T2 chip does for video/transcoding. Matt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbyBobby 15 Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 My Emby server also runs very well on my mac Mini 2018 (i7, 16GB RAM). Which also runs 8 IP cameras and is generally used as a multimedia machine in my home office. The T2 chip is system controller, handling boot time security and system protection, as well as battery status, sensors, microphone control etc. And ... it can be used for video H.265 HEVC 8-bit encoding and decoding. If you search for Handbrake and VideoToolBox, you'll find some interesting stuff about it. FYI: I use Handbrake and avoid using VideoToolBox as the results aren't good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien_ 24 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 I have the same mini (and same ram). It works as expected. I run a plex server simultaneously (long story) and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve tried to play something on plex where there should theoretically be no issues. For whatever reason it won’t play or it will transcode when it shouldn’t. I’ll play it on Emby and zero issues. Re: transcoding; I personally don’t use the integrated gpu/toolbox nor encode files if they don’t direct play as the cpu handles transcoding well. FYI Emby for Mac releases are slower than the others. You don’t get a new Mac release with every Emby server update like the other OS’s. Forget why But yes the hardware works well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattcaz 3 Posted July 22, 2023 Author Share Posted July 22, 2023 Thanks everyone for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it and after constant use, the 2018 Mac Mini is doing great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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