Hi,
I’ve got the M1 as my Channels server, along with a few other tasks on my homelab. I’m curious to know if upgrading to the M4 non-pro model will likely enhance Channels performance, particularly in terms of commercial detection and other related features.
I believe the external disk speeds and multicore performance are the key specifications that influence these aspects.
I am very curious about this as well! I am considering this exact upgrade!
Transcoding is already accelerated and quite good with the M1. You might get a little bump in speed with Comskip, but I doubt it would be anything noticeable. (Remember, commercial detections are sequential, not done in parallel.)
In short, the M1 is perfectly fine for Channels. Unless you have other needs that would benefit from the M4, such as faster Thunderbolt/USB, I doubt you would see any difference. (The M1 mini has USB3/Thunderbolt3 ports, the M4 has USB4/Thunderbolt4, and the M4 Pro has USB4/Thunderbolt5.)
Thanks so what about eg. Transcoding a 4k Bluray file to a remote client. Im assuming this is where transcoding requirements are the greatest.
The setting where, you allocate the number of cores for this task, presumably more resources can be allocated here as a proportion. I am looking to quicken up the detection process post recordings.