HP ProLiant MicroServer

Making progress, can anyone recommend a usb audio adapter for an HP N54L? I have a Gigabyte 610 card in it but I'm currently using the server as a desktop for now and was wondering if there is a usb to headphone jack adapter?
 
SL1v3R said:
Making progress, can anyone recommend a usb audio adapter for an HP N54L? I have a Gigabyte 610 card in it but I'm currently using the server as a desktop for now and was wondering if there is a usb to headphone jack adapter?
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Got mine from eBay R20 incl. shipping :)
 
Hi Guys,

I have an NL54 running Windows 7.

I use it mostly for two main purposes (and the third now and again).
1. Downloading video content (Sickbeard Couchpotato etc.)
2. Plex media server (streaming to plex clients like iPad and Android TV box)
3. Running apps that wont work on OSX.

Generally it works well.... However I find that it struggles with transcoding HD content for Plex. This causes choppy video playback.

Obviously this is not great and I need to find a solution. Either I have to buy an additional machine to take over the Plex role or I have to find a way to boost the transcoding of the Microserver...

The machine also has a low profile NVida HDMI card in it and I was wondering if there is a hack to offload some of the transcoding from the CPU to the GFX card?

Or any other ideas to bulk up the transcoding?
 
Duan said:
Hi Guys,

I have an NL54 running Windows 7.

I use it mostly for two main purposes (and the third now and again).
1. Downloading video content (Sickbeard Couchpotato etc.)
2. Plex media server (streaming to plex clients like iPad and Android TV box)
3. Running apps that wont work on OSX.

Generally it works well.... However I find that it struggles with transcoding HD content for Plex. This causes choppy video playback.

Obviously this is not great and I need to find a solution. Either I have to buy an additional machine to take over the Plex role or I have to find a way to boost the transcoding of the Microserver...

The machine also has a low profile NVida HDMI card in it and I was wondering if there is a hack to offload some of the transcoding from the CPU to the GFX card?

Or any other ideas to bulk up the transcoding?
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I've been using my N54L for the same reason, but I'm running Lubuntu. I haven't had any problems streaming to any device yet. I'm also using it as a Plex client. I've streamed to 2 devices (PS3 and tablet) and watched on the client with no problems.

Also iPad and Android TV box should be able to play most formats natively and transcoding should not be needed?
 
Also using N54L. Used to have some stuttering / delays when more than 1 device required streaming. I then changed everything to gigabit and never had the issue again.
 
RoMark said:
Also using N54L. Used to have some stuttering / delays when more than 1 device required streaming. I then changed everything to gigabit and never had the issue again.
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I am experiencing the problem when streaming to a single player. The problem arises due to the CPU utilisation being stuck at 100% when transcoding HD content. I also experience the same issue when playing the content on the local machine via the web interface.
 
Duan said:
I am experiencing the problem when streaming to a single player. The problem arises due to the CPU utilisation being stuck at 100% when transcoding HD content. I also experience the same issue when playing the content on the local machine via the web interface.
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I had this problem with my 2 ROKU 3's. A soon as I changed the encoding setting to DIRECT PLAY the CPU calmed down on the server and full HD is delivered to my ROKU's with no buffering or jitters. Majority of my file formats on the PLEX server are mp4 and mkv.
 
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