I have a QNAP TS-253D (Celeron J4125, 4GB RAM) hosting all my files. I used to have Jellyfin running on it in a Docker container, but it performed really poorly (which is expected ig). It used to take forever to stream a 1080p movie, and seeking back and forth would freeze the whole thing.

Then I moved my Jellyfin setup to my desktop PC (i9-10850k, 16GB RAM, 2080 Super), the files are still on my NAS. It performs much better now, streaming is a breeze and it almost never freezes or anything.

Problem is, it eats up all my RAM. My RAM usage is 99% almost all the time someone uses Jellyfin and it significantly hampers my regular work on my desktop. I can upgrade my RAM to 32 or 64 GB, but would that solve the problem?

If not, what is the cheapest mini PC or home setup that I can do that’d free up my desktop but still give me similar or at least good enough performance?

Thank you for your advice.

  • jerwong@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m using a raspberry pi 4 8 GB. It’s not a problem until someone transcodes, and that usually happens with H265 HEVC media when the person is on a browser that doesn’t support it which is most browsers these days. If the person is doing directplay (click the gear during play and click on Playback Info). If it’s forced to transcode, it will tell you why.

    Direct-play in native resolution and codec should give you perfect performance and consume almost no resources since it’s essentially just a file transfer. I find performance works best when I use the Jellyfin Media Player app on my computer or the Android app.