When will there be official support for the battlemage GPUs? Unraid 7.1.0 beta1 supports battlemage and Plex detects it in the transcoder menu. It just can’t/won’t use it.

Time to stick a fork in this one as it’s now in GR.

@EthanPolkPolkPolk It was outlined earlier in this thread that there are multiple factors that need to happen. Primarily we need the kernel update that includes support as well as the IMD updated as well. They have chosen to prioritize FFMPEG due to the scope of impact as opposed to BM support. That…

Any eta update on the FFMPEG update?

As previously stated: FFMPEG must first be updated (6.1 will be forum preview shortly) Intel Compute Runtime must be updated Intel Media Driver (which supports the card) must be updated ICR and IMD will be updated after FFMPEG is production status. I’ve no information from Engineering whether …

Migrated my system away from Quicksync hardware and got a B580 before reading this thread :man_facepalming: Glad to hear it’s not too far away

I almost did the same thing. Glad I found this thread before I pulled the trigger on a b580.

FFMPEG 6.1 transcoder upgrade is now in forum preview. [image] Transcoder Upgrade Forum Preview plexPlex Media Server Announcing the Transcoder Upgrade forum preview! Plex’s transcoder is a highly customized version of FFMPEG which has been accumulating bugfix…

This is great news! Anyone tried the preview build with a B580 yet?

See Chuck’s prior post. ICR & IMD still have to be updated. [image] Battlemage Support Hardware As previously stated: FFMPEG must first be updated (6.1 will be forum preview shortly) Intel Compute Runtime must be updated Intel Media Driver (which supports the card) mus…

But FFmpeg is at stable 7.1… Does Plex use a different server?

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ChuckPa June 28, 2025, 4:16am 65

FFMPEG 6.1 transcoder upgrade is now in forum preview.

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