Core Ultra 7 265K - QuickSync - Linux

[seion]

I am not able to get QuickSync transcoding to work on the following hardware:

• Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
• 96GB Memory
• MSI z890 Tomahawk Motherboard

I would like this to work headless, but I am doing all my testing currently on Ubuntu 24.10 full desktop with gui installed.

I have Plex Pass

Server Version#: 1.41.1.9057
Player Version#: 4.138.0
Distro’s

• Ubuntu 24.10 (Kernel 6.11)
• Debian Testing (Trixie) (Kernel 6.11.4)

Plex Media Server.log
Password: #Pl3x!L0g
Link: Proton Drive

root@sirius:~# lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 7d1b (rev 01)
    DeviceName: Onboard - Other
    Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 7e32
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 7ecc (rev 10)
    Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 7e32
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Arrow Lake-U [Intel Graphics] (rev 06)
    DeviceName: Onboard - Video
    Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 7e32
    Kernel driver in use: i915
    Kernel modules: i915, xe

root@sirius:~# lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7d1b] (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7ecc] (rev 10)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Arrow Lake-U [Intel Graphics] [8086:7d67] (rev 06)

root@sirius:~# lsmod | grep xe
xe                   3162112  0
drm_gpuvm              45056  1 xe
drm_exec               12288  2 drm_gpuvm,xe
gpu_sched              61440  1 xe
drm_suballoc_helper    16384  1 xe
drm_ttm_helper         16384  1 xe
drm_buddy              24576  2 xe,i915
ttm                   110592  3 drm_ttm_helper,xe,i915
drm_display_helper    278528  2 xe,i915
cec                    94208  3 drm_display_helper,xe,i915
i2c_algo_bit           16384  2 xe,i915
video                  77824  2 xe,i915

If you are apart of the Discord Community, I started there and you can see the thread here Discord

[ChuckPa]

@seion

We’ve been updating the CPU/GPU names this week.

This is an EXPERIMENTAL build.

It may not be stable for anything else but:

1. CPU/GPU should now identify correctly.
2. CPU/GPU transcoding should work correctly.

https://artifacts.plex.tv/plex-media-server-experimental/1.41.3.9148-40c811519/debian/plexmediaserver_1.41.3.9148-40c811519_amd64.deb

I cannot speak to Ubuntu 24.10. It’s new. No testing of it has been performed here yet.

[ChuckPa]

@bckp

Hey, Can you join us here ?

Updated build

[seion]

Well that works

[bckp]

I will join you anywhere buddy

yet

So only partial success, Plex does recognize my graphics card, yet not use it… i will verify if there is no docker issue in this part, if it have rights to use it and verify that stuff… and keep you informed

[seion]

I will be doing a fresh installed of Debian Testing here soon and will try again and see if it works. I will then move to trying it in a Podman Container. If you look at that Discord link I had, I messed around with a bunch of stuff and cannot say that did not affect the outcome of it working.

[ChuckPa]

@bckp

Turn off the subtitles for a moment and retest

[bckp]

I will install it on bare metal, jist to verify it is not some docker issue, cant fully reinstall as i have production stuff there…

[ChuckPa]

Totally understand.

Small (1 folder), bare metal, will confirm it works.
It will also prove/disprove docker issue

You can setup a custom location using /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/override.conf

[ChuckPa]

@seion

I advise caution when using “Debian Testing”.

Any & All “Beta” distros have problems.

As such, we cannot support those type releases.

I advise you to stick to mainstream releases. “Bleeding edge” does cut deep in most cases.

[seion]

@ChuckPa
I can’t boot Debian Stable at all with the Ultra Core 7 265K. The kernel I think is too old. Most I could do is stick with Ubuntu 24.10

[ChuckPa]

Too OLD?

Let me look for you.

I know the 6.8 kernel (Ubuntu 24.04 LTS) is good enough for AlderLake, RaptorLake and MeteorLake Desktop processors.

Have you considered a test install with Ubuntu Server 24.04 (you want headless, right?)

EDIT: It’s ArrowLake (as I thought). You can go Ubuntu Server route with good stability and success. It might be a few updates until the kernel itself has all the bells and whistles but you’re fine in a server environment. Kernel 6.8 already has the bulk of it for the AlderLake and above.

EDIT: Debian Bookworm is 6.1 kernel. I’m on Ubuntu 22.04 on my desktop and already 6.8-48

[seion]

Is there a way to get that experimental build into a docker image?

[ChuckPa]

@seion

No. The docker image hasn’t been built yet, Docker images get built when the CI does a production build.

We only built x86_64

[seion]

Is that experimental build, what ever was changed in it to fix ArrowLake issues, planned for an upcoming release at all yet?

[ChuckPa]

The experimental build updates ALL the current CPUs and GPUs.

Primary example: I have a Nvidia RTX 2000 GPU. PMS could not identify it / use it correctly until now (January 2024 released product)

This work is a major update for all of PMS and will go to review & QA next.

I cannot promise how quickly it gets released but would NOT be surprised to see it in the next release cycle.

[ChuckPa]

@seion
@bckp

If you want to use this DEB in your docker.

There is a little bit of editing you need do

docker exec -it [plex_container_name] /bin/bash

Then execute

./plex_service.sh -d

dpkg -i Filename.deb

echo PlexMediaServer-1.41.3.9148-40c811519 > /version.txt

./plex_service.sh -u

—> Replace and update the version number in the string and redo the procedure when the next version comes out and you want to update.

(The contents of /version.txt controls whether or not it force-reloads the DEB)

[ChuckPa]

@seion @bckp

Please let me know how you make out with this.

It’s been a while since I hacked a docker image

[bckp]

Or simply put exit 0 to the shell script that perform update

[bckp]

Same CPU HURTs… im now installing on bare metal…

Same for bare-metal, transcode killing cpu, gpu is idle