![]() Although, once Handbrake is setup, you pretty much never need to access it again. In this case, we can access the Handbrake container either through direct IP Address or through the Unraid webUI. Unraid’s Webui allows you to easily install containers for just about anything. Docker allows you install containers that have direct access to hardware, without the need for installing the applications inside a VM and the container has the ability to be “outside” of the hosting operating system. ![]() Even Windows 10 Media Creation Tool can take more than 10 minutes and more often than not, it doesn’t even successfully create your bootable USB on the first go.Īrguably, the best thing about Unraid is Docker. They offer a USB creator for Windows/Mac/Linux that will literally make you a bootable operating system in a matter of a few minutes. More on why: In my opinion, Unraid is incredibly simple to use. Fairly inexpensive license fee (perpetual).Great community support and vast knowledge base.Docker, setting up many containers like Handbrake.WebUI accessible from anywhere on your LAN (local network).Operating SystemĪnyway, if it wasn’t obvious by now, the host operating system for the server is Unraid, why? Well, many reasons. Absolutely incredible! This setup will churn through tons of video footage while I work on other things. That is 16 Cores and 32 Threads at a whopping 100% usage. This type of work requires a great deal of system resources (mostly time), look at how much both CPU’s are working on this 1 minute 12 second 4k video: For me, I have the transcode set to as close as possible to lossless. Transcoding can take a very long time depending on how you have configured Handbrake (more on this later). What’s nice about having tons of cores working on a encode is the speed and quality of which you can throw at the video. Still scared or worried? Contact me and I’ll try my best to help you out. I highly recommend looking into the used market or buying an AMD system with as many cores as possible. Want a bit more power? Well, Dell has you covered. Working with a strict budget, try finding a Dell T30, as you can pick one of these up for under $400 on sale. It does not have to be a rack, you can also buy towers! If you’re afraid to buy from them, then be sure to check out Dells website for slick deals on used equipment. You can buy a used pre-built server for cheap off of eBay or from companies like / /. Even if you don’t suffer from my issue, you can still take 4k or 8k footage and transcode it to H.265 automatically to get the file size down. anything that can sit separately from your workstation and can chug away on video transcodes/encodes while you work. Now, I’m not saying you need a badass server like mine (although it helps) but you may want something…. It’s safe to assume I virtually spared no expense on this thing. SanDisk Ultra Fit 16GB for unRAID OS ($6).SFF-8087 to SATA Forward Breakout (x2 $12 each). ![]()
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