Sure. There are two issues, and it’ll help you to keep them separate:
- Ability to play files, or anything else that spikes the CPU to full load
- Temperature of the CPU at full load
A CPU at full load in a well-cooled case should go to around 60C. If it’s an SFF case I can see 70C. Anything above that, and cooling needs to be re-thought.
CPUs can run at full load for days and weeks and months without overheating, if the system has been built correctly.
The CPU cooler you used was designed for static pressure, forced air 1U server chassis. That’s not what you built in. You built in an SFF PC case, and that means your cooling solution needs to match. I found some threads online about what coolers people use in the exact case you use, I am sure you can find them too.
Horses. Water. Can lead one to the other, can’t make them drink.
Just in case though: Try and stay curious, assume you don’t know everything. Everyone tells you your CPU is allowed to run at full blast without overheating. Maybe there’s something to it. Explore that possibility.
man, i'm not trying to be a smartass here,
- the static pressure cpu fan, seals around the CPU and forces up into the open space of the case
yes, you are correct - but
a) it is the only fan that fits in the space between the cpu and mounting case
b) i have already said, i will 3d print a flange that clip onto the extraction part and takes the airflow to the vents on the side.
heating is not an issue and i currently have zoneminder, plex and clamav running all while continue to import 300GB ntfs data sets, (while music is streaming from plex)
The main issue and the reason i posted in the plex plugin (otherwise i would have posted in hardware) is;
from three sample files: x264 + acc 5.1 (mkv) & x264 + ogg 5.1 (mkv) & x264 + ogg stereo (mkv)
x264 + ogg 5.1 (mkv) - remuxed/enconded to x264+ogg5.1 (mp4) & x264 ogg2(mp4)
=
neither work - not surprised, it is not within the mp4 standard (not withstanding it works in VLC)
mpeg + ogg stereo (mkv) = remuxed/enconded to mpeg ogg2(mp4)
=
neither work - not surprised, it is not within the mp4
** remixed to mpeg + aac (mp4)
= works
** remixed to mpeg + aac (mkv)
= doesn't works
x264 + acc 5.1 (mkv) - remuxed/enconded to
x264+acc5.1 (mp4) & x264+acc2(mp4)
= both work without problems (or cpu overdrive)
** remixed as x264 + acc 5.1 (mkv) original but from a much newer release of mkv
= it doesn't work e.g. with cpu override.
so problems confirmed are:
1) the plugin and/or freebsd within has a problem with MKV whether old or new compiled
2) the plugin and/or freebsd within has a problem with OGG whether 2 or 5.1 channel
converting to
mp4 + acc works in all cases
mkv never works
ogg never works ** unless it is audio only.
wma audio only doesn't work
m4a, ogg, flac, wav audio only works
i have 4TB of media that worked no problems with the current version of plex under linux.
is this a freebsd generic issue, or a plug-in specific issue?
Happy to share sample files for others to play with, if you can get over the CPU cooling issue