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Best hardware for emby client1/29/2024 If you want to be able to do two transcode streams at the same time your probably looking at a minimum of a high-end 8-core cpu. If you end up with clients that need to transcode videos then the CPU is going to be important. If your goal is one transcode stream I would recommend at minimum a med-level quad core cpu, for 4k x265 files your probably going to want 6-cores. ![]() Roku's/Fire TV's are great but they will most likely require the server to transcode. ![]() If your not transcoding you don't need much in the way of the server. The client will handle decoding the file and in that case I'd say a small Windows box is your best bet. Along with a new motherboard and 16Gb of RAM, this should last me a good few years and cost about £450 and be more than capable of streaming what I need it to in the next few years. my current feeling without spending too much is a Skylake i5 6600 (Not going Kabylake as I am still using Windows 7 on the machine and will be until the Emby LiveTV and Theatre is up to replacing Emby WMC and WMC) married with an nVidia GTX 950 (As this is the cheapest card that will provide a HDMI 2.0 output without using a converter/adaptor). ![]() I am getting a 4k TV later this year so I am looking for something that can output 4k (4:4:4 hdcp and HDMI 2.0) as the TV will be HDR capable. Funnily enough, I am just looking at a similar thing - I've been running my emby server on a very old AMD Sempron 245 machine with 8Gb of RAM and an AMD 6970 GPU.Īlthough I don't need to do any transcoding (yet as my sons are too young to be watching on other screens) my current htpc has been running for a good few years now so I want a similar longevity from a new htpc.
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