I have had my server for a couple of years and am thinking of updating it as it struggles with streaming 4K and often PLEX gives me an error saying This server is not powerful enough” Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated… Here is what I currently have
If you have 4k titles in your library and you have users with devices that don’t support 4k, you are transcoding. You can confirm on the Plex activity page while someone is streaming whether it is transcoding or not.
I think the general consensus will be that:
Windows is not going to be the OS of choice
If you need to support a mix of 4k and non-4k devices, you should have two separate Plex libraries - one for 4k direct play, and one to direct play and transcode 1080 titles
If you need to do more than a few simultaneous transcodes, get a dedicated QS box for that
You don’t need a video card unless you are going to be passing it through to a VM.
