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expired Posted by iconian | Staff • Nov 22, 2022
Nov 22, 2022 5:13 PM
Synology DiskStation NAS Enclosure: DS1621+ 6-Bay $720, DS220j 2-Bay
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Many people that have built a legitimate library of DVDs over the years have started digitizing legally due to the prevalence of streaming boxes - one of the primary Plex use cases. And when you have media on a Plex server, the media can only be encoded in one format, at one resolution (let's say 4K, Format 1).
So if you stream that 4K media file straight to a device (let's say an Apple TV with 4K) no transcoding is needed and the file is accessed as is.
But if you stream that file on your secondary 1080p Roku TV, it needs a different resolution and maybe a different format. Then the Plex server will transcode the file as it streams, converting the file from 4K Format 1, to 1080p Format 2. This requires computational resources from the CPU/RAM of the device, and the Intel/Plex combo is better suited, for deeper technical reasons.
This also applies to Synology's music and video integrated streaming services as well as other manufacturer offerings.
Now if your reference of "storing and accessing files" simply means "flat files" like documents and photos, no, transcoding is not a factor for you and yes the AMD solutions will be a general performance improvement. But many people use NAS for their significant media streaming features, as a legal digitization/streaming of their owned content, and thus the spirited conversation on this post.
Hope this helps!
Plex users aren't "made obsolete" By Synology because they've chosen to shift their "+" line to the SMB market. That has no bearing on Plex Users, Transcoding, or even the previous gen "+" models. They didn't lose QSV transcoding capability overnight. They still transcode exactly as well as they did the day they launched.
Synology has just chosen to end that product line's support for Intel iGPU assisted transcoding going forward. Weighing their customer base for these lines, and choosing SMB customer needs for CPU performance, over enthusiast Plex users.
And as for being "limited to 4 bays" there's always the DX517.
But if your storage needs are growing that much, you should either be replacing aging low capacity HDDs, or transitioning to a more robust storage solution.
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hopefully that goes on sale too
in any case its just a question I prob could find out more info but figured id ask yall
If so, you would need to script or use a bot program to pull up VPN, wait a bit and then start the transfer with rsync. It's an extra step but can be done with low code or no code solutions. Same premise as backing up/syncing natively to the DS218+ as a file share server over VPN, just would be user driven on when you connect to it to sync. If you're home every night, it would happen routinely that way.
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in any case its just a question I prob could find out more info but figured id ask yall
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Transcoding absolutely sucks on ny 1621+. A single 4K transcode absolutely pegs the processor, because Plex doesn't support the AMD streaming SIMD instructions, so transcoding it relegated to floating point instructions.
The net effect is the video stream stutters, there are frustrating "there is not enough bandwidth to support this video" popups, scanning forward and backward in the video takes ages for the stream to re-encode and catch-up...
..and for the "Nuh uh!" replies: I'm streaming to a Shield TV running Kodi with the Plex plug-in. That's about as high-end as a client device gets.
If you're wondering why transcoding matters on Plex: if the video codec/container/stream is not exactly what Plex is expecting: bit rates, video codec, audio encoding, bit depth... Plex will automatically resort to transcoding the stream.
There are many web pages dedicated to the combination of video codec, encoding settings Plex needs to avoid transcoding.
This isn't Plex's fault either: they wrote their code around Intel's streaming SIMD instructions, which makes even an older processor vastly more efficient. AMD surpassed Intel 3 years ago, but doesn't have enough market segment for Plex to consider re-writing the code.
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1 - I mostly want a private Dropbox that I can access from multiple computers. At home and away. Would this be ideal? I'm a motion graphics artist and have a lot of assets that I need to have on hand but I use multiple computers. For now I've just been storing mostly everything on a corporate Dropbox but would like to have something for myself that I can access anywhere.
2 - if that is possible, are there gonna be some weird network issues that I might run into if I try to access the NAS on a more protected network? The internet I have at the office is pretty restrictive. For example, I can't access my home desktop via Parsec.
3 - Will I be able to mix and match different size harddrives? I have 2 8TBs and 1 6TB.
4 - Do I have to completely wipe each drive on first setup?
5 - If I share this server with others, can I password protect certain folders?
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