These values are part of the recipe fingerprint. A field labeled “must be answered” is intentionally unknown until the user supplies it.
concurrent streams
1
source resolution
1080p
hardware acceleration configured
must be answered
media storage available
must be answered
decision context
existing hardware
capability checks
minimum / recipe-required checks
3
recommended checks
4
workload-dependent boundary
all checks apply only to this bounded recipe
“Required” means required by this maintained recipe; it is not automatically the vendor’s universal minimum. “Recommended” can make a result Conditional but cannot be silently promoted into a hard requirement.
No machine has been selected on this page, so nothing below describes your hardware. Each row states what the recipe expects, then the sentence a profile would receive if it does not meet that expectation.
8 GiB recommended system memory
memory · recommended grade B
at least 8 if a profile does not meet it: The system is below Jellyfin's 8 GiB general recommendation.
SSD for Jellyfin files and transcode cache
storage · recommended grade B
one of nvme-ssd or sata-ssd if a profile does not meet it: Jellyfin recommends SSD storage for its files and transcode cache.
100 GiB SSD application and cache allowance
storage · recommended grade B
at least 100 if a profile does not meet it: Jellyfin recommends 100 GB SSD capacity for the OS, application data, and transcode cache.
Intel Quick Sync device
media · recipe-required grade B
required if a profile does not meet it: This recipe requires an available hardware media engine.
Hardware acceleration configured and passed through
media · recipe-required grade B
required if a profile does not meet it: The GPU device and correct drivers must be configured and passed through.
Wired gigabit networking
network · recommended grade B
at least 1 if a profile does not meet it: The recipe assumes wired gigabit networking.
Media storage able to sustain the source bitrate
storage · recipe-required grade B
required if a profile does not meet it: Confirm media storage whose sequential throughput exceeds the source bitrate before treating the workload as complete.
architecture and acceleration conditions
Each row here already appears in the capability check list above. This section repeats the checks that turn on instruction set, media engine, or virtualization support. The full check list carries the sentence each row produces when a profile does not meet it.
Intel Quick Sync device
media · required
required
Hardware acceleration configured and passed through
media · required
required
known issues in this app and workload scope
>=10.11.0 <10.12.0 · operational · Conditional
Older Intel iGPU platform is not a current new-purchase recommendation
Existing hardware remains usable, but current Jellyfin guidance favors newer Intel platforms for a new purchase.
effective record:start not bounded through current review; checked 2026-07-26
No exact hardware configuration has an accepted Grade A run for this workload. The result ledger is empty and no measured throughput, stability, thermal, or power claim is made.
performance boundary
This recipe has 0 accepted Grade A runs. It can evaluate maintained prerequisites and explicit planning assumptions. It cannot claim measured throughput, latency, stability, thermals, power, or workload quality.
3 sources · 0 accepted grade A runs · best evidence grade B · reviewed 2026-07-26
record identity, publication and review
record id
workload-jellyfin-1080p-transcode
canonical path
/workloads/jellyfin-1080p-transcode/
publication
candidate · noindex
reviewed
2026-07-26
review again by
2026-08-02
evidence boundary
Grade A count: 0. A Grade B source can establish a documented specification or requirement. Grade D records are modeling inputs. Neither is proof of measured throughput, thermals, power, reliability, or physical fit.
4 attached evidence records
a grade describes how well attested a statement is, not how good the hardware is. grade a is a lab run we reproduced with a published method. grade d is a model, a reasoned inference, or a single unverified report.
Jellyfin recommends 8 GB RAM, SSD storage for application data and transcode cache, wired gigabit networking, and properly configured hardware acceleration for transcoding.
Jellyfin says Intel 7th through 10th generation integrated graphics remain capable for existing owners, but are no longer recommended for a new purchase because Intel deprecated the relevant toolkit.
This projection is generated from homelab graph version 0.1.0. The generated lifecycle index exposes only history events that are explicitly present in the structured record. It does not invent an earlier revision when the graph contains only its creation baseline.
— current candidate record reviewed against the attached evidence set.
— next required review under the weekly software review interval.
