From f7d0e6e9d1e777aabaf1c20f83488bcaf3207b72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: felix920506 Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:53:54 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Add Rpi performance warning block --- docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/index.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/index.md b/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/index.md index f7d68d0ff..db7ec3cd9 100644 --- a/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/index.md +++ b/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/index.md @@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ The supported and validated video [hardware acceleration (HWA)](https://trac.ffm - **Raspberry Pi** Video4Linux2 (V4L2, Linux only) +:::caution + +While Hardware Acceleration is supported on Raspberry Pi Hardware, it is recommended that Jellyfin NOT be used on Raspberry Pi or other SBCs. They are too slow to provide a good experience when transcoding is needed. Please consider getting a more powerful system. + +::: + ## Full & Partial Acceleration The transcoding pipeline usually has multiple stages, which can be simplified to: From 88ad88894d3f324cda9d44a47b57fd7aa0afa234 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: felix920506 Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 20:00:10 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Make wording better --- docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/index.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/index.md b/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/index.md index db7ec3cd9..0b77083b2 100644 --- a/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/index.md +++ b/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/index.md @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The supported and validated video [hardware acceleration (HWA)](https://trac.ffm :::caution -While Hardware Acceleration is supported on Raspberry Pi Hardware, it is recommended that Jellyfin NOT be used on Raspberry Pi or other SBCs. They are too slow to provide a good experience when transcoding is needed. Please consider getting a more powerful system. +While hardware acceleration is supported on Raspberry Pi hardware, it is recommended that Jellyfin NOT be hosted on Raspberry Pis or other SBCs. Many hardware acceleration features are not supported and will fallback to software. In addation, they are generally too slow to provide a good experience when transcoding is needed. Please consider getting a more powerful system to host Jellyfin. ::: From 09fc92d0f1a98eaf520e576b96b8bb9f63be9ddf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: felix920506 Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:54:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Fix typo in Hardware Acceleration index.md --- docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/index.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/index.md b/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/index.md index 0b77083b2..32016c6b6 100644 --- a/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/index.md +++ b/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/index.md @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The supported and validated video [hardware acceleration (HWA)](https://trac.ffm :::caution -While hardware acceleration is supported on Raspberry Pi hardware, it is recommended that Jellyfin NOT be hosted on Raspberry Pis or other SBCs. Many hardware acceleration features are not supported and will fallback to software. In addation, they are generally too slow to provide a good experience when transcoding is needed. Please consider getting a more powerful system to host Jellyfin. +While hardware acceleration is supported on Raspberry Pi hardware, it is recommended that Jellyfin NOT be hosted on Raspberry Pis or other SBCs. Many hardware acceleration features are not supported and will fallback to software. In addition, they are generally too slow to provide a good experience when transcoding is needed. Please consider getting a more powerful system to host Jellyfin. ::: From 5fc53589746fcbcf4d1ae134e24b2a3546215872 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: felix920506 Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 16:46:59 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Add recommendation on hardware --- docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/index.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/index.md b/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/index.md index 32016c6b6..41ab1b230 100644 --- a/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/index.md +++ b/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/index.md @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ The supported and validated video [hardware acceleration (HWA)](https://trac.ffm :::caution While hardware acceleration is supported on Raspberry Pi hardware, it is recommended that Jellyfin NOT be hosted on Raspberry Pis or other SBCs. Many hardware acceleration features are not supported and will fallback to software. In addition, they are generally too slow to provide a good experience when transcoding is needed. Please consider getting a more powerful system to host Jellyfin. +We recommend getting a system with an Intel 7th gen or above Core series CPU. :::