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How can I optimize my jellyfin, specifically transcoding and the CPU usage involved? I'm running it off a mini pc so resources are everything (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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This is something that has been increasingly prevalent with my server, for the longest time I could torrent, have two people watching and everything's fine, but lately, especially with specific shows, it will take upwards of a minute for a show to start.

I've looked into it and the culprit is ffmpeg most of the time, I assume this has something to do with the specific files not having transcoding "baked in" but I don't know enough to know if that's the case. Can anyone help me optimize my pipeline at all?

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Is it Intel?

If so I would use GPU acceleration

Edit: I see it is a N100. Definitely use hardware acceleration. I would also make sure that you run your media though Handbrake if it is in raw form.

[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Given they use a N100, I'd suggest redownloading instead of transcoding for time, energy and quality savings (i.e cost).

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Downloading from where?

You get the content from blurays typically (you surely aren't talking about piracy)

[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Given OP mentioned torrent and watching media in the same sentence I assume they didn't rip their own media, and pirated it instead.

If my assumption is wrong, I apologize.

Piracy and Morality

Whether they own a physical edition of that media I don't know. In my opinion owning a physical medium of the media is a big part in the morality discussion of piracy.

But in my juriscition I'm legally not allowed to break the encryption used for CD/DVD/Blu-ray, so I'm technically pirating even if I rip my own discs. There's obviously no way for copyright owners to find out if their discs were ripped for a private copy, but that's also (nearly) the case for Usenet/Torrent with proper precautions.

Anyway, if you read until this point, thank you!

[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Yes, I did, I do not apologize. Fuck big streaming. I only redownload if the size is too big however, finding the "exact" correct codec is just kind of a pain in the ass.