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My system is running Proxmox with kernel 6.14, and my B580 is fully set up and ready for beta testing. I’m eagerly awaiting the opportunity to start/test.
Me as well!
I’ve also got a B580 installed and ready to test. Running Ubuntu.
I have the same issue on Ubuntu 25.04 Plex sees the GPU but it can’t use it but other programs like file flows which uses ffmpeg 7 can use it.
Any particular reason for FFMPEG 6.1? Since that version was released in 2023
We opted for FFMPEG 6.1 for two primary reasons:
- FFMPEG 6.1 is the first version to offer those features we need/want.
- The stability of FFMPEG 6.1 versus FFMPEG 7 at the time this effort started.
In this upgrade, we’re doing several things:
- Upgrade from FFMPEG 4.2 + hand patches → 6.1 pure w/ “Plex additions”
- Changed how “Plex additions to FFMPEG” are maintained in our source.
- Overhaul how PMS interacts with FFMPEG and the hardware.
(The entire transcoding “stack” got a major upgrade / overhaul) - Prep work for what will be released next.
( All this is what we should have had and now will have. )
Chris has been insanely busy and developed some seriously good stuff.
I would love to whisper it but it’s his work so it’s his to unveil
( “mad scientist” comes to mind with some of the work he’s done)
I know there will be a forum preview in our near future but don’t know when that’s going to start. Definitely in the shorter term.
Would the rework of the transcoding stack mean faster ffmpeg upgrades in the future? Or we need to go through another major rework?
That’s why the major overhaul now.
It’ll now be structured the way it should be:
- Clone the repo’s 6.1 release
- Merge Plex additions into the local copy
- Build the new binaries.
Future updates will be:
- Pull the newer version / bug fixes from upstream
- Merge Plex additions into the updated local copy
- Build the new binaries
- Test
- Release for PMS use
Very much like a rebase operation
7.1.0 is live now just waiting on whichever update comes first for Plex
whose “7.1.0” ?
I assume they mean unraid 7.1
I KNOW its early, but if you have any update, that’d be nice
Can we get an update on Battlemage support? There are a lot of us waiting on this.
As Chuck has stated, the transcoding engine (FFMPEG) update needs to happen first. Plex has not announced this major update has landed yet, and they will certainly do so when that happens. Battlemage support isn’t going to happen until after that.
Isn’t that the core issue itself? FFMPEG references the incorrect driver because it is an older version?
All I’m saying is the FFMPEG update is going to happen before Battlemage support, so there’s no reason to ask for BM updates before Plex has made any announcement of the Transcoder engine overhaul having shipped. From what I can tell from other posts, Chris Decker is hard at work on the FFMPEG update, but there is no ETA yet.
@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 makes sense. We just have to wait and hope the updates come along smoothly.
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 they’ll be updated together or separately. ( ICR and IMD updates always break something for the older systems, which will need a custom patch applied )