Having watched your channel for a couple of months and being a mechanical engineer, you're teaching me loads. I'm enjoying the technical and learning loads. I just want to say thank you for all the effort you boys put into the channel content. Keep up the good work. Happy 2024.
I've been running Emby on a HP Mini Elite 800 for about a year and realized I'm running out of space with my 2 4TB m.2 ssd's and ready to make that full investment and this video was extremely helpful. Thank you, going to end up getting the Lockster by ASUSTOR as I don't think I will need to future proof for 8K content but thank you for taking the time to go over different budgets. I love the idea of having the hdmi output if the network goes down.
I love synology put truthfully i feel like the need a shock to their core to get back on track with hardware. Hopefully someone catches up with them soon on software and synology will wake up and stop trying to push medioce hardware to maximize margin greed and getting away with it as their software carries them more than I do COD randoms.
@cwill6491 if I was buying a personal nas for my home I'd not hesitate to buy Asustor. However many business customers me included feel kinda stuck dealing with synologys bull crap right now because the business uses built into their software are just to useful to pass up at the moment if you rely on it to make money.
@@tangodown2721 for whatever reason, people tend to think software on the machine that they are buying isn't costing any money. It's just "there", it's the companies 'investment' or 'someone else already bought that software'. The way software costs work, is that software is REALLY pricey, people don't really understand how costly software really is and it's a recurring cost in ALL devices you sell, meaning, GOOD SOFTWARE makes devices COST MORE. That's why Synology has a big price for mediocre hardware, that's why freaking Apple has high costs for mediocre hardware, that's why QNAS has GOOD hardware but BAD software. Get the gist mate? You can't have both on the same price. Software isn't done by some gnomes at north pole that get candy.
Could you please do a tutorial video installing jlesage/dupeguru on QTS 5.1 container for beginners? would help a lot of users to find duplicate photos. thank you!
Not sure if I've missed it but is there any chance you'd do the same round up for the mini pcs out there? I'm looking at upgrading from a home assistant green but also don't want it to take up a ton of space. ( I know there are trade offs but for me the smaller form factor is better. )
Do you know what the deal is with the ASUSTOR Lockerstor 4 Gen 2 AS6704T? You’ve got it marked down as over $500 in the description, but I can’t find one for less than £600 ($763) is there some sort of shortage, or is this just the new price?
I have a Synoogy 416j with "local" Plex Media Server (no Plex pass). It is working fine at the moment. I would like to stay with Synology but I notice you are only the low end. What do you recommend "+" model for Synology to replace this unit?
my first NAS was a DS220+ which was probably the right choice but what eventually made it gave way to my current asustor lockerstore 2 gen 2 is noise (and the asustor is more powerfull but that just helped justify replacing the DS220+). when it just had 1 x a 4 TB WD Pro in it, it was fine. when that 1 drive later got replaced by 2 8TB WD Plus's (raid 1) ow god did it become annoying you could hear rattles and vibrations throughout the living room, tried velcro on the side of the drive trays which didn't really work as the problem was the drive mounting solution, metal peg in metal hole that vibrates = not good. also it permanently made that noise as it was doubling as my pi-hole server. with the asustor the drive mounting solution is much better keeping the drives from ratteling in the first place and my OS and docker containers run from a SSD so the drives only spin up when jellyfin gets used otherwise the drives get to take a nap (yea nas drives don't need and would prefer not to take a nap but i don't need them spinning for a week if i'm not watching jellyfin for a week ^^..
tvs-h674 looks like have the same cpu as TVS-h874 if that one can transcode 8k will be a great choice, if you can your hand on one of those and test will be great
Why would you choose the Asustor Lockerstor 4 Gen2 AS6704T over the QNAP TS-464-8G? Same processor, double the ram and $100 cheaper. Am I missing something? Thanks
I started off with an WD PR2100 then upgraded to qnap ts-464 but with the Qnap I have been having cpu issues the cpu is constantly working at over 90% an when I watch certain movies it buffers alot thinking about getting an asustor all I am running on the Qnap ts-464 is plex no 4k movies when I play the same movie on the wd pr2100 I don't have no issues
Do you have Plex Pass? I think you need Plex Pass for transcoding for all devices except WD PR2100 and PR4100 and NVIDIA Shield. Otherwise, it will rely on the CPU. The Qnap should be way more capable than the PR2100.
@jae52247 yes I do have a plex pass an it struggles my brother has the ds920 an his library of over 3k movies and TV shows an he has no issues I just bought an ds920
I use my synology for mass storage and build a transcoder box with a 1080 ti that was given to me so the family can watch in 4k easily. I am saving up for the Synology 12 bay to increase my overall storage capacity
I just got the Qnap TVS-h874x, i9 CPU, 64Gig RAM, 10G NICs, Dual RAID 0 Cache NVMEs, deployed for an office media project working with DaVinci Resolve.
I have a DS1019+ I am afraid that when the time comes to update my NAS which I use for PLEX Synology won’t have a 5 bay that I can hardware transcode with.
unless you are going to use the NAS for other things it feels like a cheaper option is just to get an Nvidia shield and attach a SSD to it to make it into a little NAS. so expensive to get one
For these - is there a drive recommendation? ...as a tech rookie - I have obsserved other channels recommending, for example Seagate IronWolf Pro drives... I run a Plex/media server on an older home built media PC with an attached smaller WD NAS (used for extra storage) so was looking to consolidate and upgrade. I've looked at the QNAP, but am only looking at a 4/6-drive system with some larger drives - happy to hear thoughts/recommendations!
You needed to mention that Synology gives you issues unless you use their drives both at the start of the review and the end. And for 8k, that wouldn't be the issue for it if we are looking at h.265 but trascoding AV1 and h.266 at 8k (or possibly 4k) because it doesn't have gpu support for that.
@@nlrz313There is for both really. If you setup the LSIO jellyfin and swag containers, the swag one comes with a sample proxy config so you just have to copy a file and remove dot sample from its extension, restart swag, and you're reverse proxying Jellyfin in 2 minutes. All you really have to do after that is purchase a domain, setup an A record with a wildcard for your domain that points to your WAN IP, then forward port 443 to your NAS and setup a local domain in your router of the same name. Then you can just hit a jellyfin subdomain under your domain, inside or outside your home. I use this setup with Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby. I just recently bought Emby Premier, and am oddly having weird issues with it I don't have with Jellyfin.
can you maybe make a video about qnaps problem with connecting external USB 3.x drives? the forums are fuil of having problems and the current QTS firmware also has problems with ntfs formatted, external usb 3.x hard drives
I like it and have compared it against plex several times (the lack of a need for a Plex pass/subscription for H/w transcoding is a constant bonus!). The only meaningful negatives are that DS video / video station is only for vids (whereas Plex is an all in one media solution) and that the level of UI control on the Synology app is a bit basic.
Wondering what NAS does best in taking LiveTv via an HDHomerun and playing to someone doing remote access? Example: I am running a cablecard HDHomerun through my Synalogy DS218+ accessing the stream via Plex and remotely access live tv on my cell phone outside of my home. Sometimes it works well, other times it doesnt. Looking for an upgrade to get optimal performance. Works great in the house, but remote connections leaves me less than satisfied.
Go for the Qnap I have the same HDHomerun using QNAP TVS-672XT with Nvidia Quadro 620 for transcoding and 4 nvme SSD 2 for cashing HDD 2 for cashing plex working like a charm with no hiccups
I don't understand the reasoning behind recommending the Asustor AS6704T over the AS5404T other than the possibility to upgrade to a 10GB NIC, for $80. They have literally the same hardware specs... Also, who really uses 10GB network? It's a lot cheaper to just go dual 2.5GB NIC with a 2.5GB switch and turn on SMB Multichannel. Right?
Tbh you answered the Q yourself..the optional 10GbE is the only difference sure, but for some users it is super meaningful. Plus it's a notably more robust build and has that LCD panel for rear time, hands on monitoring/control. On fact, you can even set the whole device up from scratch, just using the LCD. It's a small difference too, but add to that the fact the lockerstor gen 2 has been in thearket longer and seen more discounts and higher availability...those things tipped the scales at the finish line (my opinion etc)
So… if I have a pce sitting around that’s 3 years old. Can I just put 4 16tb drives in it. Install Plex use file sharing allow my main pc to control the spare computer. I mean wouldn’t that work fine? Yes media streaming for the house is the main plan. The NAS just seems over rated for only Plex streaming…
You 100% can do that and it would work. The reason NAS are so popular for Plex is that it's a much more power efficient system in most cases vs a desktop PC (it's designed around being on 24x7 and go into low power/idle more reactively, thanks for tailored component choices). Additionally, storage is much more efficient (in terms of dedicated lane allocation and physically space) compared with a traditional desktop computer. Like most things, it's about having a specialized tool for a job, in this case a 24x7 system. You can use a normal dinner knife for eating dinner, but if you are eating steak..a specialized steak knife does the job better and with more power efficiency (i.e effort and time)... Ice cream scoop vs spoon... Car vs Van vs truck... Hope that all makes sense and I'm not being crazy!
Thks & real-time transcoding is kinda over-hyped: Real-time transcoding doesn't save a transcoded file to play it later-on. Assume your NAS real-time transcodes a video more than a few times. Note it would have been better to just have manually transcoded the video only once & stored the transcoded file version to be played later over & over again.
Great video! Was debating between Synology DS923+, DS1522, Qnap TS453e, TS 464. Now I have the Asustor AS6704 on my sights. I need it for media playing and general storage. And I would like access from anywhere. But I keep hearing about the Qnaps vulnerability. Any one care to help me narrow some choices down please? I’d like to spend
which rackmounted NAS would you recommend for 4k/8k high tier plex usage? Would i be better off getting a nas with 10gbe connection and hooking it up to a new mac mini?
@@nascompares bought it trough work (work in it) 4500 euro with 4 dc600m 2tb ssd Nornaly it's like 4400 for only the unit Now gotta wait for 2 weeks delivery 😴
I need help. I have qnap nas where I am the admin but I wanna make other users to use my nas space too but as admin I dont want to access their data so how can i do it? Like I dont wanna have any access to their data as I want them to feel their data is private. Any help will be appreciated thank you
Hi bud. I'd recommend the free advice section over on NASCompares, as it allows me and Ed to answer everyone's tech Qs on a fair, first come, first serve basis. Cheers for watching man
You should explicitly mention that the Plex library database will load dramatically better on NVMes vs. HDD. No performance difference between the two types of drives when it comes to playback.
As someone who’s used a 2012 dual-core Mac mini as plex server in the past, I can recommend the combination as you can take advantage of Intel QuickSync with hardware transcoding (Plex Pass required) when needed. I can imagine that modern Intel Mac minis handle transcoding even better than what mine did, which was performing well with 1 or 2 1080p streams. Keep your Plex Server on an SSD on your Mac Mini and you media on your NAS. You’ll have a nice mix of storage, power and efficiency.
@@ur4g357thanks for the insight! Can you recommend a specific connection from pc to NAS? I am new to this Plex topic and want to use it the way you describe it combined with a NVIDIA shield pro to watch my 4K content on tv. I am just worried that there might be issues when the NVIDIA „reads“ the huge remuxes and wants to stream it to TV with high quality and no buffering. Is there anything to look out for? My PC that acts as the server, has an i7 Gen 13 and NVME installed and therefore should act as the server. My issue now is that I don’t know where to store the data fast from PC and easy to „read“/access for the NVIDIA..
Codecs seem to be less and less important on a nas as time goes on. I mean what modern smart TV can't handle these or phones. Less and less things now a days you could stream to where it would matter.
Please take this as constructive criticism. You have a tendency to go off on very informative but somewhat off-topic jags. This video is a great example. I get ready to hear about the top 3 nas systems, but suddenly I’m being schooled on hevc compression algorithms. The info is useful for sure, but it gets frustrating to wade through when I want to hear about the advertised topic. Thanks!
I 100% see what you are saving (and I'm not offended etc, thank you for the feedback), but to peel the curtain of the channel back a little... Most users who buy a NAS (like any appliance...a TV...a cooker...a sound system...) will binge watch content for a few weeks before making a purchase. They do this to get clued up on modern conventions/innovations on a given type of hardware/utility/product. Then, after the purchase, they will never really follow the topic again in the same vein for a good 3-5 years at least. Now, that means that when I make a video (and I'm having to use Google analytics+ TH-cam analytics for more specifics) around 60-65% of viewers are new. That also means that I have to factor in that I cannot assume the viewer's prior knowledge. To you, the subjects of compression technique, transcoding, video formats and licences support are known...but as they are such important factors in understanding WHY one system is superior from another for this list, I kinda have to show my workings a bit. Hope this blob of text makes sense and helps to clarify my workflow a bit. I cannot stress enough how much I value the feedback though, as it's super easy to get insular and forget what I'm doing is good/bad. Cheers bud!
To be fair, The video is specifically about Nas systems for Plex where transcoding is a big factor for some. I stopped bothering when I realized some people know nothing about some of these things, and just use timestamps (if available) when I'm in a bit of a hurry
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Having watched your channel for a couple of months and being a mechanical engineer, you're teaching me loads. I'm enjoying the technical and learning loads. I just want to say thank you for all the effort you boys put into the channel content. Keep up the good work. Happy 2024.
I've been running Emby on a HP Mini Elite 800 for about a year and realized I'm running out of space with my 2 4TB m.2 ssd's and ready to make that full investment and this video was extremely helpful. Thank you, going to end up getting the Lockster by ASUSTOR as I don't think I will need to future proof for 8K content but thank you for taking the time to go over different budgets. I love the idea of having the hdmi output if the network goes down.
I love synology put truthfully i feel like the need a shock to their core to get back on track with hardware. Hopefully someone catches up with them soon on software and synology will wake up and stop trying to push medioce hardware to maximize margin greed and getting away with it as their software carries them more than I do COD randoms.
Had I known they existed, Asustor all the way
@cwill6491 if I was buying a personal nas for my home I'd not hesitate to buy Asustor. However many business customers me included feel kinda stuck dealing with synologys bull crap right now because the business uses built into their software are just to useful to pass up at the moment if you rely on it to make money.
@@tangodown2721 for whatever reason, people tend to think software on the machine that they are buying isn't costing any money. It's just "there", it's the companies 'investment' or 'someone else already bought that software'. The way software costs work, is that software is REALLY pricey, people don't really understand how costly software really is and it's a recurring cost in ALL devices you sell, meaning, GOOD SOFTWARE makes devices COST MORE. That's why Synology has a big price for mediocre hardware, that's why freaking Apple has high costs for mediocre hardware, that's why QNAS has GOOD hardware but BAD software. Get the gist mate? You can't have both on the same price. Software isn't done by some gnomes at north pole that get candy.
which CPU of TVS-h874 was used, i5 for 8k?
Could you please do a tutorial video installing jlesage/dupeguru on QTS 5.1 container for beginners? would help a lot of users to find duplicate photos. thank you!
Not sure if I've missed it but is there any chance you'd do the same round up for the mini pcs out there? I'm looking at upgrading from a home assistant green but also don't want it to take up a ton of space. ( I know there are trade offs but for me the smaller form factor is better. )
The NAS builder looks nice... I'll try it.
Do you know what the deal is with the ASUSTOR Lockerstor 4 Gen 2 AS6704T? You’ve got it marked down as over $500 in the description, but I can’t find one for less than £600 ($763) is there some sort of shortage, or is this just the new price?
I have a Synoogy 416j with "local" Plex Media Server (no Plex pass). It is working fine at the moment. I would like to stay with Synology but I notice you are only the low end. What do you recommend "+" model for Synology to replace this unit?
my first NAS was a DS220+ which was probably the right choice but what eventually made it gave way to my current asustor lockerstore 2 gen 2 is noise (and the asustor is more powerfull but that just helped justify replacing the DS220+).
when it just had 1 x a 4 TB WD Pro in it, it was fine. when that 1 drive later got replaced by 2 8TB WD Plus's (raid 1) ow god did it become annoying you could hear rattles and vibrations throughout the living room, tried velcro on the side of the drive trays which didn't really work as the problem was the drive mounting solution, metal peg in metal hole that vibrates = not good.
also it permanently made that noise as it was doubling as my pi-hole server.
with the asustor the drive mounting solution is much better keeping the drives from ratteling in the first place and my OS and docker containers run from a SSD so the drives only spin up when jellyfin gets used otherwise the drives get to take a nap (yea nas drives don't need and would prefer not to take a nap but i don't need them spinning for a week if i'm not watching jellyfin for a week ^^..
tvs-h674 looks like have the same cpu as TVS-h874 if that one can transcode 8k will be a great choice, if you can your hand on one of those and test will be great
Why would you choose the Asustor Lockerstor 4 Gen2 AS6704T over the QNAP TS-464-8G? Same processor, double the ram and $100 cheaper. Am I missing something? Thanks
Asustor you get more hardware plus I returned my qnap ts464 for the asustor
I started off with an WD PR2100 then upgraded to qnap ts-464 but with the Qnap I have been having cpu issues the cpu is constantly working at over 90% an when I watch certain movies it buffers alot thinking about getting an asustor all I am running on the Qnap ts-464 is plex no 4k movies when I play the same movie on the wd pr2100 I don't have no issues
Do you have Plex Pass? I think you need Plex Pass for transcoding for all devices except WD PR2100 and PR4100 and NVIDIA Shield. Otherwise, it will rely on the CPU. The Qnap should be way more capable than the PR2100.
@jae52247 yes I do have a plex pass an it struggles my brother has the ds920 an his library of over 3k movies and TV shows an he has no issues I just bought an ds920
I use my synology for mass storage and build a transcoder box with a 1080 ti that was given to me so the family can watch in 4k easily. I am saving up for the Synology 12 bay to increase my overall storage capacity
I just got the Qnap TVS-h874x, i9 CPU, 64Gig RAM, 10G NICs, Dual RAID 0 Cache NVMEs, deployed for an office media project working with DaVinci Resolve.
Nice! Thank you for the detailed information all about nas systems and plex.
I have a DS1019+ I am afraid that when the time comes to update my NAS which I use for PLEX Synology won’t have a 5 bay that I can hardware transcode with.
unless you are going to use the NAS for other things it feels like a cheaper option is just to get an Nvidia shield and attach a SSD to it to make it into a little NAS. so expensive to get one
Personally I added a small raspberry pi 5 to my Synology for transcoding for £35, works great.
DIY seems to be the way to go, but for turnkey, I think Asustor has the best balance of hardware for money.
What about AV1???????
For these - is there a drive recommendation? ...as a tech rookie - I have obsserved other channels recommending, for example Seagate IronWolf Pro drives... I run a Plex/media server on an older home built media PC with an attached smaller WD NAS (used for extra storage) so was looking to consolidate and upgrade. I've looked at the QNAP, but am only looking at a 4/6-drive system with some larger drives - happy to hear thoughts/recommendations!
My 214play is still rocking with PLEX.
You needed to mention that Synology gives you issues unless you use their drives both at the start of the review and the end. And for 8k, that wouldn't be the issue for it if we are looking at h.265 but trascoding AV1 and h.266 at 8k (or possibly 4k) because it doesn't have gpu support for that.
This remains the same?
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the jellyfish videos are subliminally telling us to switch to jellyfin 😂
Jellyfin would be much more successful if there was a simple way to use it in Docker, and to be able to access it outside of your home.
@@nlrz313There is for both really. If you setup the LSIO jellyfin and swag containers, the swag one comes with a sample proxy config so you just have to copy a file and remove dot sample from its extension, restart swag, and you're reverse proxying Jellyfin in 2 minutes.
All you really have to do after that is purchase a domain, setup an A record with a wildcard for your domain that points to your WAN IP, then forward port 443 to your NAS and setup a local domain in your router of the same name. Then you can just hit a jellyfin subdomain under your domain, inside or outside your home.
I use this setup with Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby. I just recently bought Emby Premier, and am oddly having weird issues with it I don't have with Jellyfin.
Seriously...I've lost count of the # of times I call them the "jellyfin files" and I told off....
@@nlrz313 can't you do it with a simple VPN?
can you maybe make a video about qnaps problem with connecting external USB 3.x drives? the forums are fuil of having problems and the current QTS firmware also has problems with ntfs formatted, external usb 3.x hard drives
I wasn't aware of this, but will look into it when I'm back next week properly. Cheers for sharing mate
What about QNAP TS-264?
I need 8 bay 1200 eur max for plex
What do you think of the native DS video? I tend to use that over PLEX.
I like it and have compared it against plex several times (the lack of a need for a Plex pass/subscription for H/w transcoding is a constant bonus!). The only meaningful negatives are that DS video / video station is only for vids (whereas Plex is an all in one media solution) and that the level of UI control on the Synology app is a bit basic.
Wondering what NAS does best in taking LiveTv via an HDHomerun and playing to someone doing remote access? Example: I am running a cablecard HDHomerun through my Synalogy DS218+ accessing the stream via Plex and remotely access live tv on my cell phone outside of my home. Sometimes it works well, other times it doesnt. Looking for an upgrade to get optimal performance. Works great in the house, but remote connections leaves me less than satisfied.
Go for the Qnap I have the same HDHomerun using QNAP TVS-672XT with Nvidia Quadro 620 for transcoding and 4 nvme SSD 2 for cashing HDD 2 for cashing plex working like a charm with no hiccups
I don't understand the reasoning behind recommending the Asustor AS6704T over the AS5404T other than the possibility to upgrade to a 10GB NIC, for $80. They have literally the same hardware specs... Also, who really uses 10GB network? It's a lot cheaper to just go dual 2.5GB NIC with a 2.5GB switch and turn on SMB Multichannel. Right?
Tbh you answered the Q yourself..the optional 10GbE is the only difference sure, but for some users it is super meaningful. Plus it's a notably more robust build and has that LCD panel for rear time, hands on monitoring/control. On fact, you can even set the whole device up from scratch, just using the LCD. It's a small difference too, but add to that the fact the lockerstor gen 2 has been in thearket longer and seen more discounts and higher availability...those things tipped the scales at the finish line (my opinion etc)
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So… if I have a pce sitting around that’s 3 years old. Can I just put 4 16tb drives in it. Install Plex use file sharing allow my main pc to control the spare computer. I mean wouldn’t that work fine? Yes media streaming for the house is the main plan. The NAS just seems over rated for only Plex streaming…
You 100% can do that and it would work. The reason NAS are so popular for Plex is that it's a much more power efficient system in most cases vs a desktop PC (it's designed around being on 24x7 and go into low power/idle more reactively, thanks for tailored component choices). Additionally, storage is much more efficient (in terms of dedicated lane allocation and physically space) compared with a traditional desktop computer. Like most things, it's about having a specialized tool for a job, in this case a 24x7 system. You can use a normal dinner knife for eating dinner, but if you are eating steak..a specialized steak knife does the job better and with more power efficiency (i.e effort and time)... Ice cream scoop vs spoon... Car vs Van vs truck... Hope that all makes sense and I'm not being crazy!
@@nascompares thank you for the great info!
Thks & real-time transcoding is kinda over-hyped:
Real-time transcoding doesn't save a transcoded file to play it later-on.
Assume your NAS real-time transcodes a video more than a few times. Note it would have been better to just have manually transcoded the video only once & stored the transcoded file version to be played later over & over again.
Great video! Was debating between Synology DS923+, DS1522, Qnap TS453e, TS 464. Now I have the Asustor AS6704 on my sights. I need it for media playing and general storage. And I would like access from anywhere. But I keep hearing about the Qnaps vulnerability. Any one care to help me narrow some choices down please? I’d like to spend
Asus is a good choice i have Qnap and Asus and I believe the best value for money is Asus
looking at this video and your website, I am more confused than I was before.
which rackmounted NAS would you recommend for 4k/8k high tier plex usage? Would i be better off getting a nas with 10gbe connection and hooking it up to a new mac mini?
this question is perfect
like 4 hours ago i bought an Qnap TVS-H1688x xD
Tbh, that thing is a BEAST and saw some excellent price drops since the h874 arrived. Well played!
congrtas
@@nascompares bought it trough work (work in it)
4500 euro with 4 dc600m 2tb ssd
Nornaly it's like 4400 for only the unit
Now gotta wait for 2 weeks delivery 😴
That’s a powerful snap. Thanos would be proud.
I need help. I have qnap nas where I am the admin but I wanna make other users to use my nas space too but as admin I dont want to access their data so how can i do it? Like I dont wanna have any access to their data as I want them to feel their data is private. Any help will be appreciated thank you
Hi bud. I'd recommend the free advice section over on NASCompares, as it allows me and Ed to answer everyone's tech Qs on a fair, first come, first serve basis. Cheers for watching man
you don't drive .. but you master a lot of drives 😄
You should explicitly mention that the Plex library database will load dramatically better on NVMes vs. HDD.
No performance difference between the two types of drives when it comes to playback.
IMO the best plex NAS = any nas and a mac mini intel silicon as plex server. No need to absolutely buy an intel based NAS, works better than a NAS
Please explain your idea in more detail. I'm going to buy a NAS but I already have a MAC Mini.
yes please expand on this.
As someone who’s used a 2012 dual-core Mac mini as plex server in the past, I can recommend the combination as you can take advantage of Intel QuickSync with hardware transcoding (Plex Pass required) when needed. I can imagine that modern Intel Mac minis handle transcoding even better than what mine did, which was performing well with 1 or 2 1080p streams.
Keep your Plex Server on an SSD on your Mac Mini and you media on your NAS. You’ll have a nice mix of storage, power and efficiency.
@@ur4g357thanks for the insight! Can you recommend a specific connection from pc to NAS? I am new to this Plex topic and want to use it the way you describe it combined with a NVIDIA shield pro to watch my 4K content on tv. I am just worried that there might be issues when the NVIDIA „reads“ the huge remuxes and wants to stream it to TV with high quality and no buffering.
Is there anything to look out for? My PC that acts as the server, has an i7 Gen 13 and NVME installed and therefore should act as the server. My issue now is that I don’t know where to store the data fast from PC and easy to „read“/access for the NVIDIA..
Only compared to a shit NAS.
Codecs seem to be less and less important on a nas as time goes on. I mean what modern smart TV can't handle these or phones. Less and less things now a days you could stream to where it would matter.
played 85%? that's pretty trash tbh
Really? For something titled 'entry level 4K'...
Please take this as constructive criticism. You have a tendency to go off on very informative but somewhat off-topic jags. This video is a great example. I get ready to hear about the top 3 nas systems, but suddenly I’m being schooled on hevc compression algorithms. The info is useful for sure, but it gets frustrating to wade through when I want to hear about the advertised topic. Thanks!
I 100% see what you are saving (and I'm not offended etc, thank you for the feedback), but to peel the curtain of the channel back a little... Most users who buy a NAS (like any appliance...a TV...a cooker...a sound system...) will binge watch content for a few weeks before making a purchase. They do this to get clued up on modern conventions/innovations on a given type of hardware/utility/product. Then, after the purchase, they will never really follow the topic again in the same vein for a good 3-5 years at least. Now, that means that when I make a video (and I'm having to use Google analytics+ TH-cam analytics for more specifics) around 60-65% of viewers are new. That also means that I have to factor in that I cannot assume the viewer's prior knowledge. To you, the subjects of compression technique, transcoding, video formats and licences support are known...but as they are such important factors in understanding WHY one system is superior from another for this list, I kinda have to show my workings a bit. Hope this blob of text makes sense and helps to clarify my workflow a bit. I cannot stress enough how much I value the feedback though, as it's super easy to get insular and forget what I'm doing is good/bad. Cheers bud!
To be fair,
The video is specifically about Nas systems for Plex where transcoding is a big factor for some.
I stopped bothering when I realized some people know nothing about some of these things, and just use timestamps (if available) when I'm in a bit of a hurry
Nope