Plex server nas help

[Indian pc builder]

Ok, so from the videos on the channel about plex servers, I can tell that I only need a computer with a decent enough encoder in the gpu or the court to handle good encoding to run a plex server. Plus as a nas, a computer doesn’t really require much computing power. Would I be be able to build a plex server that can support 3 people streaming different 4K content with just an i3 13100, using the onboard encoder or should I stick an old nvidia card in there to to do encoding work, ps which is the oldest nvidia card with working nvenc? Also from what I understand I need to pay for plex, so how easy is it to use jellyfin instead?

 

 

Edit: btw, how do I plex/jellyfin on truenas? @RONOTHAN##? I ain’t gonna pay for unraid 

[RONOTHAN##]

5 minutes ago, Indian pc builder said:

Would I be be able to build a plex server that can support 3 people streaming different 4K content with just an i3 13100, using the onboard encoder or should I stick an old nvidia card in there to to do encoding work,

The Intel encoder should be able to do that just fine. If that's an option, just use that. 

 

7 minutes ago, Indian pc builder said:

ps which is the oldest nvidia card with working nvenc?

If you do want to go this route, I'd get something Pascal or newer. Quadro P400s are really cheap on eBay and can support quite a few streams (I think it's 3 by default, unlimited if you use an unlock script). 

[RONOTHAN##]

19 minutes ago, Indian pc builder said:

btw, how do I plex/jellyfin on truenas? @RONOTHAN##?

 

 

The Jellyfin steps are near identical, only some minor differences between the two. 

[LIGISTX]

44 minutes ago, Indian pc builder said:

3 people streaming different 4K content

If they are playing 4k, they shouldn't be transcoding.... and if you don't need to transcode, you need almost no CPU power at all. That i3 will be massive overkill to just direct play plex media

[Blue4130]

45 minutes ago, Indian pc builder said:

Ok, so from the videos on the channel about plex servers, I can tell that I only need a computer with a decent enough encoder in the gpu or the court to handle good encoding to run a plex server. Plus as a nas, a computer doesn’t really require much computing power. Would I be be able to build a plex server that can support 3 people streaming different 4K content with just an i3 13100, using the onboard encoder or should I stick an old nvidia card in there to to do encoding work, ps which is the oldest nvidia card with working nvenc? Also from what I understand I need to pay for plex, so how easy is it to use jellyfin instead?

 

 

Edit: btw, how do I plex/jellyfin on truenas? @RONOTHAN##? I ain’t gonna pay for unraid 

Streaming in the same house/network or over the internet?

[Indian pc builder]

On 12/27/2023 at 12:59 PM, Blue4130 said:

Streaming in the same house/network or over the internet?

Even in my own house, I will have to stream it over internet as I have to isp’s and their not linked to the same lan. If I could do that, that would be quite helpful though 

[Drvulcanlord]

My plex server is just a vista era office pc, but I have found that having a good network card is important as well as fast storage. Don’t know if this helps but that’s what I know.

[Drvulcanlord]

On 12/27/2023 at 1:29 AM, Blue4130 said:

Streaming in the same house/network or over the internet?

Installing plex on true nas is easy, there are many good tutorials  on YouTube but the gist is that plex is a plugin you can install in truenas’s gui which ich you then give access to a pool and setup your folder structure for organizing your content in. I run my plex server of true nas and the process was fairly simple once you get going.  I haven’t tried jelly fin so I can’t tell you about that. Hope this helps.

[Blue4130]

40 minutes ago, Drvulcanlord said:

Installing plex on true nas is easy, there are many good tutorials  on YouTube but the gist is that plex is a plugin you can install in truenas’s gui which ich you then give access to a pool and setup your folder structure for organizing your content in. I run my plex server of true nas and the process was fairly simple once you get going.  I haven’t tried jelly fin so I can’t tell you about that. Hope this helps.

Help me? I don't need help. I think you meant this for @Indian pc builder

[Drvulcanlord]

17 minutes ago, Blue4130 said:

Help me? I don't need help. I think you meant this for @Indian pc builder

Sorry my bad I replyed on the wrong comment. It was meant for @Indian pc builder. I apologize if I caused any offense. 

[Indian pc builder]

8 hours ago, Drvulcanlord said:

Sorry my bad I replyed on the wrong comment. It was meant for @Indian pc builder. I apologize if I caused any offense. 

 

8 hours ago, Blue4130 said:

Help me? I don't need help. I think you meant this for @Indian pc builder

 

9 hours ago, Drvulcanlord said:

Installing plex on true nas is easy, there are many good tutorials  on YouTube but the gist is that plex is a plugin you can install in truenas’s gui which ich you then give access to a pool and setup your folder structure for organizing your content in. I run my plex server of true nas and the process was fairly simple once you get going.  I haven’t tried jelly fin so I can’t tell you about that. Hope this helps.

So like , a crappy old desktop with Trunas and a bunch of storage will work well both as a NAS and as a Plex sever ?

[Drvulcanlord]

It really depends on your use case, I am just streaming to one tv. You could probably use an old office pc as long as it had a decent cpu and an enough amount of ram. For extra performance pick up some old NVIDIA Quadro or something if you encounter  performance issues. This website talks about the specs plex recommends, it should help.

 

 https://support.plex.tv/articles/200375666-plex-media-server-requirements/#:~:text=CPU,i3 (or equivalent) or faster