Jellyfin supports 7 hardware transcoding methods — here's which one your server can use
Let your CPU take a breath sometimes
Jellyfin offers multiple hardware transcoding methods to offload the work from the CPU when encoding or decoding video for streaming. The available options depend on the type of hardware in your server. For NVIDIA GPUs, use NVDEC for decoding and NVENC for encoding. Keep in mind that older GeForce cards may not be ideal for modern Jellyfin servers due to their lower performance and limited codec support.
Intel Quick Sync Video is another option that uses dedicated hardware in supported Intel GPUs to help with video decoding and encoding tasks, making it a good choice for budget-friendly media servers. AMD's AMF allows Jellyfin to harness the video-processing capabilities of supported Radeon GPUs, although this feature is currently only available on Windows systems.
VA-API, a Linux-only solution, provides a common interface for hardware acceleration across various GPU manufacturers. macOS users can take advantage of Apple's VideoToolbox, which offloads video decoding and encoding to specialized hardware found in Apple Silicon devices.
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