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 ...

Intel's Atom C3538 (clocked at 2.1Ghz) isn't a particularly powerful processor. It's 64-bit, has multiple cores, and doesn't have an issue with maintaining its rated clock speed, but there simply ...

The home media server landscape has changed a lot since the last time I was immersed in it.

I just received an Intel Arc 380 GPU today (bought for ~$115) that I intend to use exclusively as a HW decoder for my Plex system as my system (based on an Intel Xeon E3-1245v3) can't transcode 4k ...