Wondering if anyone can help me out. I just bought one of these HP 290s under the impression that it would be a great little transcode box – but on my first attempt, it’s maxing out the CPU transcoding three streams. I have Hardware Acceleration enabled in Plex and Tautulli is showing that the streams are indeed being transcoded via hardware.
Transcoding a 1080p h.265 movie file in an MKV container to 1080p MP4. Running Ubuntu Desktop 20.04; Plex installed via the Plex.tv .deb file, not running in a container.
Upgrades to the stock 290 were moving to 8GB RAM (the brand recommended in the OP) as well as a 1TB nVME, which is where Ubuntu and the Plex metadata will be stored.
Can someone help? Is this expected behavior? I was under the impression that I’d be hitting upwards of 10 simultaneous streams, no sweat – but perhaps I’ve misunderstood the capabilities of this box. The goal is to build a server capable of transcoding about 10 simultaneous h.265 1080p streams.
Edit: Images from Tautulli and the Plex dashboard:
