Should You Buy an Intel Arc for Your Media Server?
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To try everything Brilliant has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit https://brilliant.org/Wolfgang/ . The first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription. LINKS: Asrock Intel Arc A380 Challenger: https://geni.us/lAgN (Amazon) Asrock Intel Arc A380 Low-Profile: https://geni.us/p7bi (Amazon) jellyfin-ffmpeg QuickSync Benchmark Script by ironicbadger and cptmorgan-rh: https://github.com/ironicbadger/quicksync_calc ASPM info command: https://pastebin.com/GrRrDJmW ASPM tuning script by Luis R. Rodriguez: https://gist.github.com/baybal/b499fc5811a7073df0c03ab8da4be904 Follow me: Mastodon https://tilde.zone/@notthebee GitHub https://github.com/notthebee Twitch https://twitch.com/notthebeee Support the channel: Patreon https://patreon.com/WolfgangsChannel YouTube Members https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsnGwSIHyoYN0kiINAGUKxg/join Ko-fi (one time donation) https://ko-fi.com/wolfgangschannel Videos are edited with Davinci Resolve Studio. I use Affinity Photo for thumbnails and Ableton Live for audio editing. Video gear: Camera https://geni.us/K8OOyKV (Amazon) Main lens https://geni.us/jnnElY4 (Amazon) Microphone https://geni.us/tgiSqL (Amazon) Key light https://geni.us/Gi1zE2 (Amazon) Softbox https://geni.us/F86pM (Amazon) Secondary light https://geni.us/aciv (Amazon) Other stuff that I use: Monitor https://geni.us/KUzcmcP (Amazon) Monitor arm https://geni.us/5RXu (Amazon) Laptop stand https://geni.us/X5vx9Af (Amazon) Keyboard https://www.amazon.de/HHKB-PD-KB401W-Tastenkappen-Professionelle-Mechanische/dp/B082TXQD1S Mouse https://geni.us/KB7h (Amazon) Audio interface https://geni.us/sdhWsC (Amazon) As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases This video is sponsored by Brilliant.org Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:36 Sponsored message 02:55 Why buy an Arc GPU? 04:42 Test system and initial benchmarks 07:47 Unboxing and installing Intel Arc 09:16 Power draw and ASPM tuning 11:18 Setting up the card in Jellyfin 12:11 Performance in Jellyfin and ffmpeg 13:30 Thoughts and alternatives 15:39 Outro
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