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which generation NUC for jellyfin (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by apsley_oude@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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I have a small Ryzen-based server that's functioning as my NAS as well as hosting various docker services. However, I wanted to start doing more with Jellyfin and my server doesn't have a GPU for transcoding. I was consider getting an Intel NUC anyhow because I wanted to have some dedicated hardware to run a hypervisor like Proxmox, so I figure I'll run Jellyfin as a VM and it can pull from my NAS server where the video files are stored.

I'm curious what kind of specs I should be looking for on a NUC and which generation? Here's some of my rough requirements:

Running Proxmox with maybe a handful of VMs
Jellyfin transcoding for no more than 3 simultaneous users, and in reality, 1 on average
Typically prefer more modern, power-efficient hardware

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[–] t0wn@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can't speak for NUCs, but I use a sff thinkcentre with an 8th gen i7 for jellyfin transcoding. I have, at most, 4 streams going at any given time, and it works very well. I bought it used from ebay for around $200.

[–] Jonteponte71@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

This is they way. At least in the US where these things are very cheap. In my country you need to bee very lucky to even find the old ones for under $150…