I have Jellyfin installed on my DS923+ with Tailscale. However, it’s impossible to watch videos remotely due to the constant lag. I never had this problem with Plex, so I’m unsure if this is due to user error or not. All of my videos are 1080p. I’m not attempting to transcode a 4K behemoth or anything. Is there any way to increase the stream quality or reduce the lag?

Would enabling hardware acceleration make a difference? Despite my NAS having no gpu. Would using a reverse proxy improve the connection? If you have any ideas or advice I’d love to know. Thank you ❤️

  • Konraddo@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    Whether your video is 1080p isn’t the concern, since it’s the video codec that determines if your client device can play the file directly. If not, it may require Jellyfin to transcode it using software capability only (as you did not enable hardware acceleration).

    For hardware acceleration, you should read the official documentation. Say, some Intel CPU supports Intel Quick Sync so you don’t necessarily need a GPU.

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    21 days ago

    That weird I am streaming videos no problem, check ur cpu usage while streaming on server

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    21 days ago

    Check the admin jellyfin dashboard on your phone while you are streaming, does it say the audio or video is transcoding?

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    21 days ago

    I know this, have been prepping for system design interview for some time. One word: CDN A strategically placed geographically distributed group of servers that speeds up the delivery of web content by caching it closer to users