Hey everyone, I'm building a new server to run Jellyfin (with a few other services like Pi-hole) and I'm stuck on GPU or CPU transcoding. My main concern is smooth 4K HDR transcoding for 1 stream. I've been reading mixed advice online – some people say a strong CPU with good single-core performance can handle it, while others recommend a dedicated GPU. Should I focus my budget (~$1000AUD/$658USD) on a good CPU, or spend some of it on a dedicated GPU?

Is there any self-hosted application that can monitor your watch history and provide movie/TV show recommendations?

Hey there, I'm not exactly sure where to post this, but I have been trying to solve this issue for hours now. I have an old Intel NUC which runs Ubuntu/Docker with Sonarr, Jellyfin etc. I've found that it is slightly too slow for 'live' transcoding through Jellyfin. Enabling hardware transcoding I'm experiencing speeds at around 22fps, which isn't ideal. So, I'm currently attempting to use unmanic to avoid it altogether, but I'm running into issues when trying to get hardware acceleration to work. I've followed the official documentation as well as the guide provided here: [Link to the guide you mentioned](https://riesinger.dev/posts/unmanic-with-vaapi-in-docker/). I've tried 6 or 7 different plugins related to GPU transcoding, but the problem remains. I also experimented with tdarr, but it had the same issue and it would always fall back to CPU. Looking at the logs for Unmanic I see this error: ``` [hevc_vaapi @ 0x56224b97db80] No usable encoding entrypoint found for profile VAProfileHEVCMain (17). Error initializing output stream 0:16 -- Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:16 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height Conversion failed! ``` But, when I run 'vainfo', it does show a 'VAProfileHEVCMain' entrypoint: ``` vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileH264MultiviewHigh : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264MultiviewHigh : VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileH264StereoHigh : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264StereoHigh : VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileVC1Simple : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVC1Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVC1Advanced : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileNone : VAEntrypointVideoProc VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointEncPicture VAProfileVP8Version0_3 : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVP8Version0_3 : VAEntrypointEncSlice ----> VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointVLD ``` While the CPU is quite dated, it's worth noting that hardware-accelerated transcoding works with Jellyfin. The CPU is an [Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J3060 @ 1.60GHz.](https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/91534/intel-celeron-processor-j3060-2m-cache-up-to-2-48-ghz.html) I am trying to convert to either H.264 or H.265.

Hello everyone, I've been working on setting up a torrent/media server on an old PC. Everything works near perfectly. However, I'm encountering an issue where qBittorrent gets stuck at 0% progress and just says 'Downloading Metadata'. I've tried various solutions, including disabling the VPN, and even attempting to download it on my Windows 11 PC (both with and without a VPN). I've tried disabling my Windows 11 firewall and even tried Deluge. Unfortunately, none of these solutions have resolved the problem. I'm struggling to pinpoint the root cause. Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I've tried a few different torrents that Prowlarr has fetched, but the one I've been trying without a VPN is the one from [ipleak.net](https://ipleak.net/). EDIT: Was able to figure out a solution. Not sure why but switching from Wireguard to OpenVPN seems to have fixed the issue..