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Raspberry Pi 5

Broadcom BCM2712 · VideoCore VII (no hardware encoder)

Jellyfin's hardware docs say to avoid the Raspberry Pi 5 as a server. The Pi 5 has no hardware encoder, so a transcode falls back to software on the CPU. They do not publish a stream count.

Jellyfin's hardware-acceleration docs tell you to avoid the Pi 5 as a server. It can decode some video, and it has no hardware encoder, so transcodes fall back to the CPU.

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Reported results

A dash means the source did not count that kind of stream. Single-stream speeds are fps for one file, not a guess at how many clients fit.

Jellyfinsoftware encodingOfficial note

Jellyfin's hardware docs say to avoid the Raspberry Pi 5 as a server. The Pi 5 has no hardware encoder, so a transcode falls back to software on the CPU. They do not publish a stream count.

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Linux

Jellyfin — Hardware Acceleration (Raspberry Pi 5 note)

Notes from the source

Quote from the Jellyfin hardware-acceleration page: the Pi 5 lacks hardware encoders, and the project recommends not hosting Jellyfin on Raspberry Pis because many hardware features fall back to software and the boards are generally too slow when a transcode is required. Older OpenMAX support was removed in Jellyfin 10.8. This row is a capability warning, not a measured fps test.

Server	Accel	OS	1080p	4K	4K HDR tone map	Power	Price	Kind	Source
Jellyfin	software encoding	Linux	—	—	—	—	—	Official note	Jellyfin — Hardware Acceleration (Raspberry Pi 5 note) Notes Quote from the Jellyfin hardware-acceleration page: the Pi 5 lacks hardware encoders, and the project recommends not hosting Jellyfin on Raspberry Pis because many hardware features fall back to software and the boards are generally too slow when a transcode is required. Older OpenMAX support was removed in Jellyfin 10.8. This row is a capability warning, not a measured fps test.