[Hardware Encoding in Plex]

I see your signature listing an Xeon cpu as your setup. I have 2 Xeon E5-2630 on hand, is this a better option? something i should consider?

[Hardware Encoding in Plex]

46 minutes ago, Olegin said:

To earn hw trancoding, you need a processor begining from the 4th generation (haswell) with onboard GPU and a 1.04b loader with DSM 918. Transcoding will not work on your hardware. You can remove the video card, it only consumes extra electricity and warms the air.

 

Oh, thats a bummer. thanks for your reply

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1 minute ago, Olegin said:

Is this a separate video card?

Yes it is.

 

1 minute ago, Olegin said:

What model (generation)?

Which dsm (918/3615/3617) and loader?

the cpu is Intel Core i7 2600k(2nd gen)

 

Im not sure what Loader, where can i find this info?

 

DSM systeminfo says DS3615xs.

System info also lists my cpu as Intel i3-4130, no idea why.

 

Im currently running DSM 6.1-15047. Im not sure if its safe to update. I hade 5.8 version for a while, and needed a clean install to get 6.1

[Hardware Encoding in Plex]

Hi bearcat, I have Plex Pass, And the GPU is a Nvidia GTX 970.

Im using a i7 cpu, but its listed as i3 in the systeminfo in DSM

[Hardware Encoding in Plex]

So, i installed DSM 6.1-15047 with Jun's a while ago, on my old PC. But it doesnt seem like Plex encoding is using GPU. Is there any fix for this?