transcoding

I used to have a 4 bay Synology in the past that I used for local media streaming and file storage. The streaming was OK but I don't think it was a great transcoder. Anyway, after a 6 year break, I'm starting from scratch. I need a kickass system and would be grateful for any advice you could...

Hi all, I'd like to transcode a few terabytes of baby camera footage to improve compression. I have a DS220j with the RTD1296 chip. It would be really nice for it to do the job locally, even if it takes months. The ffmpeg41 tool from DSM7.1 and ffmpeg7 from SynoCommunity include the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RcDHUhypUM Source: NAS Compares (YouTube channel) Discuss by replying to this thread. - - -

While the X25 lineup this year was not what many expected in terms of hardware, the refresh, apart from the introduction of a 2.5GbE network interface, was very mild. Same specifications as the previous generation, with some minor changes here and there, and on top of that, a lot of major...

Tried installing Plex through Container Manager, works good. Until I try to connect and play videos through my iPhone on cellular network. It starts to transcode (on my DS923+) and it spins for awhile. Plex app on phone (iPhone 16 pro) crashes but transcoding continues on the server. Playing...

Just wondering if anyone with an x25+ series NAS with intel J4125 CPU has managed to get plex hw transcoding working? There seems to be an issue becoming apparent with this, as can be seen on the plex forum - Synology DS425+ hardware transcoding issue Trying to gather as much info/as many...