Thanks for the PLEX review. It's what we.mainly use our TVS-872X for. I'm very annoyed on the lack of the 10Gbe on the i7/i9 models without having to spend more $$$, and, and, use up a precious slot. I was looking to upgrade just because I' would've liked to have the latest version of the TVS-h87x-i7 model and am sure I'm not alone on this, but QNAP's sales dept just gets in their own way out of greed, in my humble opinion. PS: I'm a current owner of the QNAP TVS-872X-i7 with 32GB RAM with onboard native 10Gbe.
1. Would love to see you adda dedicated GPU into the NAS and show how to setup Plex to use it. I noticed the latest update of Plex allows you to just select the GPU so hopefully its as easy as we think it should. 2. Also how about some AV1 tests? 3. Also how about adding in vobsub subtitles along with some big HEVC 10bit HDR files for transcoding. I always find my synology 918+ is ok until vobsub subs is used then the cpu maxes out
@@ReneSkotte I thought the same thing. But I watched a video from Craig at Qnap installing a video card on QNAP TVS-H1288X. It made a big difference but he also changed (write code in Plex) the way Plex chooses the video card. I did the same on my qnap and went from 5 4k transcodes to 25. But I also did one extra step, I migrated the Plex app to the 4 bay SDD pool I made and that helped Plex see the added video card I installed. Just a thought it might be cool to see what a good card would do on a amazingly nas like this. I’m definitely getting the i7 version and maybe just ordering the i9 😂 please don’t stop making your videos I enjoy watching them!!
What I'm not seeing is whether this is actually transcoding. Just because it's playing doesn't mean it's transcoding. If you're playing from a recent PC, it likely can play these natively. This would mean you're either direct playing or direct streaming. You need to be showing the top of the dashboard, where it indicates HOW it's being played. You could be only transcoding audio at this point...
This video is mainly a test of the network connection vs the CPU. In fact, since it's hitting your CPU on your machine, that almost certainly means you're doing all of the work on your client machine. You could fix the test by telling it to convert the files down to 1080p. That would demonstrate the transcoding (which is where the CPU comes in) capability.
SUGGESTION: This is a bit off-the-wall, but perhaps you could do a video on using a phone as a NAS. My NAS recently died, and while trying to figure out what to do with the data stored on it (that's all we used it for -- archival and secondary storage), I realized we had these new-fangled phones with 128GB of storage (each) sitting on the network. So, I copied the essential data back to a folder on our computer, used (use) Robocopy to backup any new data from our computers to that folder, and Syncthing to keep that folder automatically synced to the phones. All my sensitive data is already encrypted (hopefully) as are the phones, themselves. So, we should be ok if the phones fall into the wrong hands. My normal backups of the computers should handle backups of the synced phone data (since the data is still on the computers). It's not the fastest storage in the world, it requires space on the computer drives, and I doubt someone could decently run using either apps or data from the phones. But, it seems like a decent use of storage that was sitting unused and already connected to the network.
THE ONE TRUE NAS to rule them all. But if I ever decide to buy it, it’d go all the way and get the i9 version. Then again, that’s probably never going to happen. Lol. BUT, I CAN see a point in the future when I might…: You see, I own an iMacPro (2017) 27”. Paid top dollar for it. $5,000. When the iMacPro ages enough or gives up on me, then I might decide to replace it with a cheapo client attached to one of these running VMs. Maybe. Tks for the video.
Instead of buying a new NAS, I’m thinking of buying a NUC 12 to support my DS2413 (yep, still kicking). Does anybody know if the integrated graphics in NUC 12 is the same as the desktop variant?
Really will depend on what model of Nuc 12 you buy. Some of the lower TDP processor variants have different Integrated GPUs (Ie. Intel Iris, vs UHD 770).
Merry Christmas guys! Have been looking forward to this review for a few weeks.
Thanks for the PLEX review. It's what we.mainly use our TVS-872X for.
I'm very annoyed on the lack of the 10Gbe on the i7/i9 models without having to spend more $$$, and, and, use up a precious slot. I was looking to upgrade just because I' would've liked to have the latest version of the TVS-h87x-i7 model and am sure I'm not alone on this, but QNAP's sales dept just gets in their own way out of greed, in my humble opinion.
PS: I'm a current owner of the QNAP TVS-872X-i7 with 32GB RAM with onboard native 10Gbe.
1. Would love to see you adda dedicated GPU into the NAS and show how to setup Plex to use it. I noticed the latest update of Plex allows you to just select the GPU so hopefully its as easy as we think it should.
2. Also how about some AV1 tests?
3. Also how about adding in vobsub subtitles along with some big HEVC 10bit HDR files for transcoding. I always find my synology 918+ is ok until vobsub subs is used then the cpu maxes out
Im going to order the i9 TVS-h874 to add to my TVS-h1688X
Fantastic review, thank you
Great video. Please make a video with a added video card.
I am not sure that would make any noticeable difference, since the i5 CPU already has integrated graphics that supports hardware transcoding.
@@ReneSkotte I thought the same thing. But I watched a video from Craig at Qnap installing a video card on QNAP TVS-H1288X. It made a big difference but he also changed (write code in Plex) the way Plex chooses the video card. I did the same on my qnap and went from 5 4k transcodes to 25. But I also did one extra step, I migrated the Plex app to the 4 bay SDD pool I made and that helped Plex see the added video card I installed. Just a thought it might be cool to see what a good card would do on a amazingly nas like this. I’m definitely getting the i7 version and maybe just ordering the i9 😂 please don’t stop making your videos I enjoy watching them!!
@@Jasonerickson309 ok, I was not thinking of this extreme use case, where you run a „Netflix“ service for the local neighborhood 😂
@@ReneSkotte I read your reply out loud and my wife laughed hard!! 😂😂👍
Merry Christmas everyone
How about adding nVidia Tesla T4 video card and 2 - 980 Pro 2TB ssd in raid 1 for ultimate NAS?
why not add jellyfin to the list as well now since people are migrating to the platform from plex due to the licence changes
What I'm not seeing is whether this is actually transcoding. Just because it's playing doesn't mean it's transcoding. If you're playing from a recent PC, it likely can play these natively. This would mean you're either direct playing or direct streaming. You need to be showing the top of the dashboard, where it indicates HOW it's being played. You could be only transcoding audio at this point...
This video is mainly a test of the network connection vs the CPU. In fact, since it's hitting your CPU on your machine, that almost certainly means you're doing all of the work on your client machine. You could fix the test by telling it to convert the files down to 1080p. That would demonstrate the transcoding (which is where the CPU comes in) capability.
SUGGESTION: This is a bit off-the-wall, but perhaps you could do a video on using a phone as a NAS. My NAS recently died, and while trying to figure out what to do with the data stored on it (that's all we used it for -- archival and secondary storage), I realized we had these new-fangled phones with 128GB of storage (each) sitting on the network. So, I copied the essential data back to a folder on our computer, used (use) Robocopy to backup any new data from our computers to that folder, and Syncthing to keep that folder automatically synced to the phones. All my sensitive data is already encrypted (hopefully) as are the phones, themselves. So, we should be ok if the phones fall into the wrong hands. My normal backups of the computers should handle backups of the synced phone data (since the data is still on the computers). It's not the fastest storage in the world, it requires space on the computer drives, and I doubt someone could decently run using either apps or data from the phones. But, it seems like a decent use of storage that was sitting unused and already connected to the network.
THE ONE TRUE NAS to rule them all. But if I ever decide to buy it, it’d go all the way and get the i9 version. Then again, that’s probably never going to happen. Lol. BUT, I CAN see a point in the future when I might…: You see, I own an iMacPro (2017) 27”. Paid top dollar for it. $5,000. When the iMacPro ages enough or gives up on me, then I might decide to replace it with a cheapo client attached to one of these running VMs. Maybe. Tks for the video.
Instead of buying a new NAS, I’m thinking of buying a NUC 12 to support my DS2413 (yep, still kicking). Does anybody know if the integrated graphics in NUC 12 is the same as the desktop variant?
Really will depend on what model of Nuc 12 you buy. Some of the lower TDP processor variants have different Integrated GPUs (Ie. Intel Iris, vs UHD 770).
@@briankfree I got the NUC12WSHi50Z. Currently using Plex Media Server Windows but the CPU hovers at 60%