Can anyone answer how well the 626 performs for Plex streaming? For example: 1. How many concurent 1080P streams can it transcode?2. How many concurent 4K steams can it transcode? That said, I noticed the newer versions of Plex/client now can simply copy over the H.262 video from MKV files without transcoding. While this is a good thing I'm still interested in how many it can transcode at the same time. Thanks!

FYI, I received my RN626X the other day and have already installed Plex. I was able to transcode 3 seperate 1080P movies using it as my server. I let all three streams run for over 20 minutes, skipped around on each of them and still witness no buffering issues. I suspect it can do more but I don't have enough devices to test the theory. See screen shot below:

It would be useful to get more data on this. It might help if plex could provide some metrics on the compute loads used by their encoders and decoders (ideally for various image sizes). NASguru wrote: the newer versions of Plex/client now can simply copy over the H.262 video from MKV files without transcoding. Just wanted to add that H.262 is more commonly known as MPEG-2 (used in DVDs and US over-the-air broadcast).

StephenB wrote:It would be useful to get more data on this. It might help if plex could provide some metrics on the compute loads used by their encoders and decoders (ideally for various image sizes).NASguru wrote: the newer versions of Plex/client now can simply copy over the H.262 video from MKV files without transcoding. Just wanted to add that H.262 is more commonly known as MPEG-2 (used in DVDs and US over-the-air broadcast). Sorry, I should have said H.264 is just streamed directly while H.262 is transcoded. I should also mention that VC1 used on some HD DVDs is also transcoded.

In general you need to transcode for tthree reasons: (a) the receiver doesn't support the codec (b) the receiver can't handle the image size (c) the network can't deliever the bitrate. Ideally the server would always transcode in these cases, and never transcode if that isn't necessary.

StephenB wrote:In general you need to transcode for tthree reasons: (a) the receiver doesn't support the codec(b) the receiver can't handle the image size(c) the network can't deliever the bitrate. Ideally the server would always transcode in these cases, and never transcode if that isn't necessary. Agreed, and specifically for me it's due to the first option 'a'. I could get around it all if I wanted to re-encode my entire library and all videos moving forward but who has time for that. :smileysurprised: All my TVs/Rokus are 1080P capable and set that way. My entire house is wired for Gigbit with RJ-45 drops (some have multiple drops) in every room so that's never been the issue. Too bad we can't get to a standard we all agree upon so transcoding would be a complete thing of the past.

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 20, 2016
It would be useful to get more data on this. It might help if plex could provide some metrics on the compute loads used by their encoders and decoders (ideally for various image sizes).

NASguru wrote:

the newer versions of Plex/client now can simply copy over the H.262 video from MKV files without transcoding.

Just wanted to add that H.262 is more commonly known as MPEG-2 (used in DVDs and US over-the-air broadcast).
- NASguru
  Apprentice
  Oct 20, 2016
  StephenB wrote:
  It would be useful to get more data on this. It might help if plex could provide some metrics on the compute loads used by their encoders and decoders (ideally for various image sizes).
  NASguru wrote:
  
  the newer versions of Plex/client now can simply copy over the H.262 video from MKV files without transcoding.
  
  Just wanted to add that H.262 is more commonly known as MPEG-2 (used in DVDs and US over-the-air broadcast).
  
  Sorry, I should have said H.264 is just streamed directly while H.262 is transcoded. I should also mention that VC1 used on some HD DVDs is also transcoded.
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Oct 20, 2016
    In general you need to transcode for tthree reasons:
    
    (a) the receiver doesn't support the codec
    
    (b) the receiver can't handle the image size
    
    (c) the network can't deliever the bitrate.
    
    Ideally the server would always transcode in these cases, and never transcode if that isn't necessary.

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