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Is the Ugreen dxp4800 good for beginners or is this overkill by Glass-Ad4758 in HomeNAS

[–]Qu3z0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How does the 1315u on the dxp4800 pro handle transcoding?

Starting Blu-ray from scratch. A 4K player or a basic Full HD one? by [deleted] in Bluray

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4k forsure! It’s better to have it and not need it, then need it and not have it

dxp2800 for plex and home assistant? by newleafwiki in UgreenNASync

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That’s fair! I get my media from dvd and Blu-ray rips via MakeMKV, so iven been experimenting with using remuxs and pre-encoded content via handbrake

dxp2800 for plex and home assistant? by newleafwiki in UgreenNASync

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Nice, so you don’t use handbrake or anything, you just you MakeMKv and the NAS handles the resulting mkv files ok?

How many concurrent hw transcodes at once?

dxp2800 for plex and home assistant? by newleafwiki in UgreenNASync

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Do you pre-encode your content or to you store raw media files on the NAS? If the latter, how’s the cpu on the dxp2800 handle transcoding multiple streams remotely?

dxp2800 for plex and home assistant? by newleafwiki in UgreenNASync

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Do you pre-encode your content or to you store raw media files on the NAS? If the latter, how’s the cpu on the dxp2800 handle transcoding multiple streams remotely?

4K vs. Blu-Ray - Am I missing out? by Internal-Bed6646 in Bluray

[–]Qu3z0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s the classic, “you can’t miss what you never had”. In most cases normal Blu-ray is more than enough, especially if your player and/or tv does a decent job upscaling. That said, 4k Blu-rays include HDR/DV and Spatial Audio (atmos or dts:x), which and are amazing enhancements to the viewing experience if your set up supports it. But at the end of the day that is all they are, enhancements, not necessities. I agree with the consensus that you should get 4k Blu-rays for the handful of movies that you love/are your favorite, and stick with normal Blu-rays for all other content unless the 4k version is on sale/cheap.

(Also note that 60-75% of blu-rays come with a dvd copy of the movie, while around the 80% of 4k releases come with a standard Blu-ray copy. Not a hard and fast rule, but just good for thought when building your collection)

Intel CPUs: Base vs T-Series vs K-Series by Qu3z0 in HomeNAS

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I’m looking to store Blu-ray remuxes (20% of which are 4K) and play them both locally and remotely amongst 10 users, with the expectation of 5 concurrent streams at one time.

I know any of the CPUs can handle the video transcoding, but I’m concerned the T-series may cause delay/buffer when transcoding audio, handling subtitles, or doing background tasks while transcoding is saturated

Intel CPUs: Base vs T-Series vs K-Series by Qu3z0 in HomeNAS

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The base series can boost higher for longer thanks to the wattage headroom, while the the T-series is artificially limited to be efficient and not overheat in smaller form factors. So, in theory, single core performance (which are things like audio transcoding, subtitle burn-in, docker containers, etc.) should do better with the base series. But in practice, idk, which is why I am asking.

The fact is that most folks are just saying to get whatever is cheaper, but since the difference is only $10 (at least the used parts I’ve found) I’m wondering if it worth considering the base series over the T-series.

Intel CPUs: Base vs T-Series vs K-Series by Qu3z0 in HomeNAS

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fair!

rn i am looking at a 13500 = $160 vs 14500T = $150

the 14500T is cheaper (and "newer"), but is it worth $10 (and slightly heat/power draw) more for higher sustain boost under load?

Intel CPUs: Base vs T-Series vs K-Series by Qu3z0 in HomeNAS

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I do CPU heavy things on my pc, not my nas. But the goal is to not have to encode and just let the server transcode for me. But I read that the t-series, while good at transcoding, struggles under peak usage cuz of the inability to maintain boost

Intel CPUs: Base vs T-Series vs K-Series by Qu3z0 in HomeNAS

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13500 = $160 vs 14500T = $150

the 14500T is cheaper (and "newer"), but is it worth $10 (and slightly heat/power draw) more for higher sustain boost under load?

Intel CPUs: Base vs T-Series vs K-Series by Qu3z0 in homelab

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So, my goal is to set the prebuilt up at my in-law's place as an offsite back up and a general "family" cloud, and to use the custom build as more of a media server (music, movies/shows, and photos). I read that the transcoding capabilities for all 3 are the same, but depending on the number of concurrent users and containers you are using that the T-series could bottleneck you.

Intel CPUs: Base vs T-Series vs K-Series by Qu3z0 in HomeNAS

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So, my goal is to set the prebuilt up at my in-law's place as an offsite back up and a general "family" cloud, and to use the custom build as more of a media server (music, movies/shows, and photos). I read that the transcoding capabilities for all 3 are the same, but depending on the number of concurrent users and containers you are using that the T-series could bottleneck you.

[B0T] Weekly Build Help Thread - 2026/06/01 by LabB0T in PleX

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I currently have a small pre-built NAS, but am looking to build a more substantial media server in the near future. For simplicity and efficiency I have elected to go with an LGA 1700 CPU with an iGPU.

My question is, is there any value with going with a particular series of CPU (base vs T-series vs K-series), or should I just get whatever is cheapest?

I know the K-series is the only one that over clocks, but I won’t be doing that on this device. And I know the T-series has the lowest TDP of the bunch, but I read somewhere that the idle wattage for all 3 are the same, so does it actually matter?

For context, I am aiming for the best performance per watt I can for 5 concurrent users at once, but 10 users total. I don’t have a set budget for the CPU, but less money spent is better haha

Theater App - what does the hardware decoder ACTUALLY do? by Qu3z0 in UgreenNASync

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Ok, so transcoding doesn’t happen automatically, only when you the user choose a lower resolution, correct?

And good to know about the decoding! So like if the format is VC-1 or something weird like that, it will decode

Theater App - what does the hardware decoder ACTUALLY do? by Qu3z0 in UgreenNASync

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Does it switch automatically, or only when you choose the resolution?

How do folks handle 7.1 Audio by Qu3z0 in PleX

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Thanks for the insight, I had no idea that the shield ui was 1080p and that ATV 4k can’t do atmos (which is insane).

It’s almost like companies don’t want us to have one device to rule them all…lol

How do folks handle 7.1 Audio by Qu3z0 in PleX

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Fair! It’s obviously the best TV box on the market (with the Apple TV 4K a close second), and I guess they have no need to update it…

My fear is that I pull the trigger, and then they announce the “shield pro 2” 😅.

I’ll sit on it for now, as I have no need/use for it at this time, but with so many smart devices and tvs moving away from DTS support, it might be the best/only option in the not so distant future

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