Hardware transcoding unlike software transcoding, relies on the server’s CPU to convert media files into different formats, hardware transcoding offloads this intensive task to a dedicated component ...

Plex charges for features Jellyfin offers for free, but requires more setup. Jellyfin offers free hardware transcoding, while Plex requires a paid subscription. Plex is more compatible with devices; ...

If your Plex home entertainment center needs an upgrade or you are thinking of building your very first, you may be interested to know that network-attached storage manufacturer QNAP has announced ...

I'm currently using Plex on my Synology NAS and I quite like it, but the Synology is just not up to the task for anything beyond basic transcoding. So I would like to create a dedicated server to ...