Edit: Thanks to the feedback I found out that the playback issues are caused by transcoding setting. I had to select QSV instead of VA-API. Now playback is smooth with any bandwidth setting.
If there are any recommendations regarding data storage in my setup, it’d be much appreciated!
So, I am running Proxmox on an old thinkpad (Intel I7 11th gen, 32 gb ram) to host home assistant, nextcloud, npm and jellyfin. I was just able to set up hardware acceleration with the iris xe driver on jellyfin and install the client on my TV, but replay struggles at 4k hdr content. I doubt that this is actually the CPU, but my LAN interface. Buying the laptop I didn’t notice that it doesn’t have an RJ45 socket so I have to use an USB-C adapter instead.
Additionally, I will definitely run into storage issues before getting anywhere near a reasonable movie database and adding more and more external usb drives does not seem a good idea.
I think I need a NAS. But looking at used prices of a decent 4bay device, makes me wonder if “sidegrading” my PC wouldn’t be a better option. I could buy a new mainboard, cpu and memory, install all HDDs in my current case, and move my current hardware to a new, smaller one.
Does that make sense? Or is it more likely that my hardware is just incorrectly configured and a NAS would make more sense? Or should I get a DAS and set up USB pass throughout? Or…? What’s your opinion?
What makes you think it’s the r usb-c adapter? Switch to wifi and see if there’s any difference. Try a 4k source that doesn’t need transcoding to confirm it’s not a hw acceleration issue.
As proxmox does, to my knowledge, not natively support wifi, I’d rather not try it. Good idea regarding an alternative source. Any idea suggestion how if a) which codes might be supported by my tv b) find / generate a suitable file?
Frankly, my considerations regarding usb-c is not really based on anything meaningful besides chat gpt.
Jellyfin logs will tell you if it’s transcoding. If you have a dvd you can use handbrake to convert it to any format you want.
If you stream to a different device and have the same issues and it’s also not transcoding then you can isolate the issue to your tv, network, or hypervisor.
Fyi my TVs all have 100mbit ports and I stream 4k content all the time. Larger files (LOTR 50gbish) can take a while to pre load when direct streaming but once they start it’s smooth and i can seek instantly.
Lotr is my benchmark here as well. Your 100mbits are a good indication that something in my config is wrong. I went back reading the docs and found out that I should perhaps use QSV instead of VA-API. Did that and playback is smooth as it should be! Seeking not that much but that’s probably because I just buffer 3 minutes. Thanks a lot!