Spyderturbo007 19 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 (edited) I'm running a 3.60GHz Intel i3-4160 Dual Core w/HT in my server with 16GB Memory. At idle, the CPU load is around 3%, but when transcoding, it jumps to ~65 - 70% across all cores. Doesn't that seem high? When direct streaming in the LAN, the load doesn't really change from the 3-4% idle. Does anyone else have any specs on their CPU's load during transcode? Edited January 9, 2017 by Spyderturbo007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37009 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Hi there @@Spyderturbo007, transcoding can cause significant cpu usage, yes. In order for us to better answer your questions, please provide the information requested in how to report a media playback issue. thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Transcoding is taxing on an i3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyderturbo007 19 Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 Actually, oddly enough, I'm not sure what's happening. I'm going to look over in the unRAID forums first to try and figure out how I can export the process list and corresponding CPU usage. My sister is streaming a show right now (remotely) and the CPU is sitting at ~5%. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Is it direct streaming or transcoding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8242 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 It is normal no matter how powerful your system is to have extremely high CPU usage when Transcoding files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyderturbo007 19 Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) It is transcoding her stream. This isn't making any sense to me though. Take a look at the screen shots. Is it maybe transcoding ahead of where they are in the episode or does it do it in real time? Edited January 10, 2017 by Spyderturbo007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 She is direct streaming. This isn't making any sense to me though. CPU Load.PNG Transcoding.PNG Direct streaming means it isn't transcoding the video, so there won't be much load, but the picture shows transcoding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyderturbo007 19 Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) Sorry. I edited my post a few minutes ago. I used the wrong terminology the first time. It looks like the red bar at the bottom is the transcoding progress and the green bar is the point I. The episode they are viewing. They just started another episode and the CPU usage is ~70%. The red bar isn't all he way across yet. Edited January 10, 2017 by Spyderturbo007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8242 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 It is transcoding her stream. This isn't making any sense to me though. Take a look at the screen shots. Is it maybe transcoding ahead of where they are in the episode or does it do it in real time? Your screenshot basically shows that Emby has transcoded the entire stream already. There is a "Throttling" setting on the Transcode page but I believe it is enabled by default. Everything you have shown is completely normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37009 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Hi, please see post #2 and then it will be much easier to help you. Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swynol 375 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 i use an i3 (3240 i think) transcoding uses around 70-80% cpu for 1 stream. with Quick Sync enabled it uses about the same amount of CPU however transcodes at a lot higher FPS meaning it finishes the transcode much quicker. with my i3 and quick sync i can usually transcode 2-3 streams at a time. However these days i never need it to transcode more than 2 at a time and normally one has usually finished transcoding before the next one begins. an i5 or i7 is on my upgrade list. or maybe 2x Xeons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyderturbo007 19 Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 Hi, please see post #2 and then it will be much easier to help you. Thanks ! Hi Luke. I don't think there is any problem, more like a lack of understanding on how things worked. I was confused on why it would use 60-70% and then drop to nothing. I didn't understand that it was transcoding the entire episode ahead of the viewing point. Thanks for everyone's help. I'll probably only have one thing being transcoded at a time, so I don't think it will be an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyderturbo007 19 Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 i use an i3 (3240 i think) transcoding uses around 70-80% cpu for 1 stream. with Quick Sync enabled it uses about the same amount of CPU however transcodes at a lot higher FPS meaning it finishes the transcode much quicker. with my i3 and quick sync i can usually transcode 2-3 streams at a time. However these days i never need it to transcode more than 2 at a time and normally one has usually finished transcoding before the next one begins. an i5 or i7 is on my upgrade list. or maybe 2x Xeons Perfect. Sounds about where I'm at. On a side note, I tried clicking on your "Reef Blog", but the page is dead. I have a reef tank as well and was curious to see your page. Just thought I would let you know that the link is dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swynol 375 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) Perfect. Sounds about where I'm at. On a side note, I tried clicking on your "Reef Blog", but the page is dead. I have a reef tank as well and was curious to see your page. Just thought I would let you know that the link is dead. Cheers for the heads up on the link. i think it has something to do with my SSL cert. going to fix it later. Although it's not really a reef blog anymore, i moved to a new host and lost pretty much everything and when i started back up again it changed to me chatting about emby, tech, reef, biking etc. hopefully i will update it with more content soon Edited January 10, 2017 by Swynol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzagtshirt 55 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 (edited) i use an i3 (3240 i think) transcoding uses around 70-80% cpu for 1 stream. with Quick Sync enabled it uses about the same amount of CPU however transcodes at a lot higher FPS meaning it finishes the transcode much quicker. with my i3 and quick sync i can usually transcode 2-3 streams at a time. However these days i never need it to transcode more than 2 at a time and normally one has usually finished transcoding before the next one begins. an i5 or i7 is on my upgrade list. or maybe 2x Xeons Have you noticed a video/audio quality difference when using Quick Sync? If I understand correctly, offloading transcoding to hardware (like Quick Sync) dramatically increases the transcoding speed but the quality won't be nearly as good compared to trancoding w/out it at a similar bitrate. I'm thinking about investing in a Quick Sync-enabled CPU and I'm wondering what your experience has been in terms of quality, and how the bitrate compares for similar quality. Edited February 22, 2017 by zigzagtshirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swynol 375 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Most of my devices direct play. So in the important rooms such as living room and my theatre room quality is great. I have a few boxes that do transcode but they are in rooms where I don't really care about quality. So bedroom, bathroom etc. However saying that since changing from normal transcoding to quick sync I didn't notice any change in quality. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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