So everything is setup such as Plex, Heimdall, *arr apps, etc. I have also edited my compose file to enable HW encoding for plex and paid for plex pass and enabled in-app the HW encoding feature. But when it comes to playing content, it does not do so with much ease for users connecting remotely from another state. It seems their stream connection is either poor or having issues when trying to run 4K REMIX files on their NVIDIA Shield Pro. And when I try to watch the content on my TV with my Shield, it is slow to skip ahead and sometimes buffers. My upload speed is around 300 Mbps so I am unsure as to what I am doing wrong and I fear that HW encoding isn't actually happening. I am down to share any files that may be needed but I am unsure as to what might share private info so I have refrained from doing so as of now. From my understanding, my system is fully capable of streaming at least 2-3 4K streams at once, but it can barely handle 1. The sole purpose of this server is to provide content for my entire family around the country. Any advice would be great. Thank you!

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[–] boothin@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

You can quickly tell if Plex is hw encoding by looking at the server dashboard while someone is watching a stream. It will say (hw) next to transcode like this: https://i.imgur.com/rxDxbeV.png

How is your plex server installed, docker or directly on the system?

[–] Dodge@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Docker. Most tutorials and help were found on the subreddit but unfortunately, Spez is stupid so I can't find much help elsewhere. I will check is i see HW encoding being done.

edit: Looks to be exactly as you mentioned. So it is nice to see HW encoding is functioning. May be a bottleneck somewhere else then. But unsure where.

edit2: Have noticed the network peaking to 96 Mbps. I am unsure if that might be the issue as my upload speed is 130 Mbps last seen on speedtest.

[–] realcaseyrollins@exploding-heads.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you using raw rips? Those can be huge and might be hard to encode in real time. If you wanna both use raw files and have encoded media, I would make encoded versions beforehand, rather than encoding them on the fly.

[–] Dodge@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am unsure but can check next time I get a torrent going. One movie i have is WEBDL 2160p 20gb. That was the one running 96Mbps peak and constant buffering.

[–] realcaseyrollins@exploding-heads.com 1 points 1 year ago

Oh...wait, what is the bitrate of your file? After doing testing I've generally found that anything above 15 Mbps can cause problems over WiFi due to varying conditions unless you live in optimal networking conditions

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