Hardware & transcoding

How hard does your server work?

Playback stats Playing

The load, case by case

Three jobs, three weights

The device decodes it on its own: the server converts nothing.

It happens when a device asks for another codec, container or bitrate. A graphics card makes it light.

It starts only when asked, and only once: the result stays for every later viewing.

Server encoder: not applicable

Direct play

Transcoding, only when needed

Your server Finds the accelerator it has and uses it on its own

The processor is always there. Without a graphics card, transcoding still works, only slower.

Recognising the dialogue

Subtitles from speech Pro

Requirements

System

Windows macOS Linux

Windows 10 1809+, macOS 13+, Linux with glibc 2.34+ and OpenSSL 3

Processor

x86-64 ARM64

Intel or Apple silicon on a Mac

Memory

8 GB

recommended, 4 GB minimum

Disk

1 GB

for the app, plus metadata and artwork; the speech model adds 0.5 GB

Runtime

Included

everything included, nothing else to install

Network · your home network to watch at home; internet for sign-in, metadata and cloud features
Library · on the same machine or on a fast network share

Free for personal use, installed on your own hardware in a few minutes.