Discussion UnicornTranscoder implementation

[kuhlimuh]

Hey,

I just found a new prject called UnicornTranscoder and was curious if this could be benefical to PlexGuide. Here is the announcement on the plex forums: https://forums.plex.tv/t/unicorntranscoder-create-a-plex-transcoding-cluster/281679
Github: https://github.com/UnicornTranscoder

As far as I can tell this should help users with multiple transcodes/streams.

What do you guys think?

greetings

 

[barryclamsworth]

Looks like @Admin9705 is already all over it!

He's everywhere....

 

[kuhlimuh]

oh damn xD . Didn't see that he responded. <3 admin9705

 

[hjone72]

I've actually just implemented this in my own setup but only as a frontend load balancer (still using Plex for transcoding). I can vouch that the methodology for off loading works amazingly! Very happy with it.

The problem I faced was not my servers inability to transcode but bandwidth issues/restrictions. The UnicornLB was a perfect fit.

 

[Datamonkeh]

Now that’s interesting

 

[hussco]

Came across Unicorn while searching google.

Did this fail to gain traction?

It would be great to have some clustering ability for transcoding built into PG.

 

[hjone72]

Came across Unicorn while searching google.

Did this fail to gain traction?

It would be great to have some clustering ability for transcoding built into PG.

I believe the Unicorn guys are still very active in development. It requires replacing parts of Plex with a custom transcoder which comes with its own complications. They've done an outstanding job!

 

[eltonzz]

Hey @hussco , any luck with unicorn transcode?