DiskStation DS1821+

[kaledi 41]

Hi, I currently use a WD PR4100 and provides most of what I need in terms of hard ware transcoding etc. I'm thinking about getting a bad with greater storage possibilities and the new DiskStation DS1821+ looks great. The question I have is whether emby is fully compatible with this nas in terms of hardware transcoding etc. Anything the PR4100 can do that the synology can't? 

[Luke 42077]

Hi, yes we support hardware transcoding with that Synology model, and I don't believe there's anything the WD can do that the Synology can't.

[kaledi 41]

Cool, so it doesn't need a gpu or anything to do the transcoding? I ask because it is a rare nas that has an amd ryzen processor 

[Luke 42077]

Right I mean most users are on intel-based Synology's, so that would be my suggestion as it's easier to troubleshoot. But AMD should work using VAAPI.

[FrostByte 5392]

I thought vaapi required a gpu.  I recently got a DS1821+ because of the 8 bays and vaapi doesn't appear to work on mine.  

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[Luke 42077]

OK i didn't actually look at the specs of the unit to see what it actually supports.

What i meant to say was, if the NAS supports hardware acceleration, then yes Emby Server can utilize it.

[FrostByte 5392]

Ok got it.  Luckily nothing of mine needs transcoding which is why I had no problems getting the DS1821+.  The ryzen has better benchmarks for read/write speeds than the Intel models and can still transcode if needed using cpu. 

However, if you need to transcode 4K you may want to consider the DS1520+ which has an Intel processor/gpu like Luke mentioned.  1080p probably won't be an issue

[kaledi 41]

So to be clear. Will it direct play everything if the renderer supports it? I don't need to transcode very frequently, but direct playback is must

[Luke 42077]

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Will it direct play everything if the renderer supports it? 

Yes, that's true of the server on any platform.

[FrostByte 5392]

My main clients are the nVidia Shield and Samsung TV apps.  Everything that is supported by those two clients direct plays and renders just fine using my DS1821+.  I'm using the latest server beta .22

[kaledi 41]

18 hours ago, FrostByte said:

My main clients are the nVidia Shield and Samsung TV apps.  Everything that is supported by those two clients direct plays and renders just fine using my DS1821+.  I'm using the latest server beta .22

That's great. I also use shield TV and some 4k fire tv sticks so everything I play direct plays on these bar some audio on fire tvs 

[Banquero 37]

En respuesta a todos estos comentarios, decir que yo adquirí un DS1821+..Anteriormente tenía un DS918, con GPU, y la verdad que cuando he necesitado transcodificar, incluso no teniendo el 1821 la GPU, me ha ido mejor en este NAS..Es mucho más rápido y las transcodificaciones de peliculas  en  Emby, sin problemas..

[Luke 42077]

On 4/13/2021 at 1:39 PM, Banquero said:

En respuesta a todos estos comentarios, decir que yo adquirí un DS1821+..Anteriormente tenía un DS918, con GPU, y la verdad que cuando he necesitado transcodificar, incluso no teniendo el 1821 la GPU, me ha ido mejor en este NAS..Es mucho más rápido y las transcodificaciones de peliculas  en  Emby, sin problemas..

Hola, gracias por los comentarios.

[Midaz 3]

On 4/13/2021 at 2:39 PM, Banquero said:

En respuesta a todos estos comentarios, decir que yo adquirí un DS1821+..Anteriormente tenía un DS918, con GPU, y la verdad que cuando he necesitado transcodificar, incluso no teniendo el 1821 la GPU, me ha ido mejor en este NAS..Es mucho más rápido y las transcodificaciones de peliculas  en  Emby, sin problemas..

Question ... How many transcode are we talking about ? 

[Banquero 37]

1 minute ago, Midaz said:

Question ... How many transcode are we talking about ? 

No me refiero a transcodificaciones simultaneas en si..Me refiero a la velocidad de transcodificación...Es mucho más rápida que la de mi anterior DS918..Estoy muy contento con este NAS DS1821...Saludos...