I’m currently using Handbrake on a windows 11 installation of a desktop computer. I am planning on turning this desktop computer into a NAS and media server to replace my current raspberry pi 4 system. Handbrake works great on this computer, but I was wondering how I could use Handbrake on this system after I convert it into a media server.

Given that I wouldn’t normally have a GUI to work with for Ubuntu Server, would it make more sense to install Handbrake in a ProxMox VE container, or should I use the docker version of Handbrake? Would there be a performance impact if I were to use the docker container?

The docker container has a web UI, while if I were to use ProxMox, I could have a full fledged OS to work with.

  • shrugal@lemm.eeEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I think you’re probably better off using something that’s build for media servers. One really nice feature is adding more processing nodes to make things go faster, like a gaming PC while not playing anything. I don’t think Handbrake can do that by itself.

    I just finished setting up transcoding for my media library, and the options I found were Tdarr, FileFlows and Unmanic. They all use ffmpeg and/or Handbrake under the hood, so it kinda comes down to preference. I went with FileFlows because it seemed the most intuitive to me, and it can also process other media like photos, music, audiobooks and ebooks.

    • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I wouldn’t wish using ffmeg on my worst enemy. The cli requires a sophisticated understanding of encodings and codecs which makes writing a general “I want to rescale things” script weirdly complicated.

      The cli options seem to change as well since I rarely am able to run a ffmpeg line found in the wild with any success. Some systems even ship “avconv” instead which makes this even more exciting.

      /rant