Tag: ErsatzTV

Hardware Transcoding on Synology Docker without Privileged Mode

Intel Celeron-based Synology NAS devices are popular for home media servers for one key reason: they have an integrated GPU that supports Intel QSV hardware acceleration. This enables them to serve a much higher number of video streams than CPU-based transcoding would allow. That transcoding support is available to any software running on the NAS, though how it is run…

Custom IPTV Channels

I’ve written about the topic of a home media server multiple times in the past, from building an RV media center to running a Synology NAS on 12V DC power, integrating internet radio into the sources, and running an Apple TV on 12V DC power. This time I wanted to cover a recent improvement: adding live TV-like custom IPTV channels.…