Which server to choose to share with 25+ people?

[hknerdr 0]

Hi

I am planning to get a VPS or dedicated on hetzner or contabo to install emby and share with my friends about 25 or more people.

Will VPS be enough or should i get a dedicated?

Which specs should i look for? Ram, CPU or what should be the minimum specs?

For ex for now, i have a 30GB interstellar movie with H265 HEVC codec, on Apple TV Emby player with 100mbit connection it is not playing flawlessly. What is the reason do you think?

Thanks

 

[Luke 39003]

@, @@pir8radio, any advice on hardware for a server for 25 people?

[Luke 39003]

 

 

on Apple TV Emby player with 100mbit connection it is not playing flawlessly

 

@@hknerdr can we please look at an example? thanks !

[Guest asrequested]

How many simultaneous users will require transcoding?

[hknerdr 0]

How many simultaneous users will require transcoding?

In fact i am not sure i don't know how many of them will need.

[hknerdr 0]

@@hknerdr can we please look at an example? thanks !

Well on hevc game of thrones 2160p and 1080p some hevcs. i think apple tv can't handle some bitrates

[Luke 39003]

If it's a remote connection you may want to try lowering the in-app quality setting to force it to transcode. 

[Happy2Play 9229]

H265 HEVC codec, if transcoding is required you may have to control the bitrate as the video bitrate is doubled when converted to H264 to maintain quality.  So you may need to apply limits to quality when this happens.

[Luke 39003]

Can you provide a little more detail? Thanks.