Transcoding - multiple clients

[Koleckai Silvestri 1154]

I just built a Media Server with an i5 6600 (Skylake). It can do 5-6 streams at a time. FFMPEG maxes out at about 14% per stream. The processor cost less than $200.00.

 

Primary clients are the Web Client, Emby App for Windows and Roku 3s. Most devices are wired via gigabit ethernet but playback on my iPhone and a Roku Stick are good as well.

[MSattler 390]

sooooooo I settled on an i7-4790 for $210.

 

Hopefully this is a stable cpu for the foreseeable future.

 

You will do more than fine with this.  My Emby Server is a virtual Machine running on a ESXi host with a i7-4770S,  with 32GB of memory.  The VM itself get's 8 cores and 10GB of memory, and I have no issues at all with 4-5 streams at the same time, most of those streams using original BluRay to mkv rips.  

 

Remember to turn on transcoding throttling as well.  Many of my family members may way just half of a movie, or parts of an episode, this way the entire show or movie isn't always fully transcoded if they stop a movie half way through.

 

I have more users than that sometimes, but typically all in home use uses direct play with no transcoding since I use Kodi in these situations.

Edited December 3, 2015 by MSattler

[pr3dict 33]

perfect perfect . I'd rather go overkill then not enough.  Also a big part of getting the i7 was that I use this main server as my MAIN HTPC client. So when I watch movies I use MadVR and watch it straight from this while others are streaming.

 

 

Now I just need to get my flexraid running 100% or offload it to another machine that can be my NAS.

Edited December 4, 2015 by pr3dict