# Hardware Transcoding on Linux not working AMDGPU v1.32.5.7210

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**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [June 21, 2023, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-transcoding-on-linux-not-working-amdgpu-v1-32-5-7210/845095 "2023-06-21T10:12:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frankz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/frankz/32/85147_2.png) [@Frankz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Frankz)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-transcoding-on-linux-not-working-amdgpu-v1-32-5-7210/845095/1 "2023-06-21T10:12:42Z")

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**Server Version#** : Plex Media Server v1.32.5.7210-77f7f99fa - build: linux-x86\_64 redhat - GMT 02:00  
**Player Version#** : Plex Web Version 4.108.0  
**Linux version** : 6.3.5-2-MANJARO

I’m glad that the Plex team has been working on amdgpu support on Linux, I’ve been keeping an eye on the [changelogs](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/589) and got excited when reading the latest additions.

I went straight to testing! While the GPU is correctly recognized and selectable in the GUI, unfortunately the GPU is not utilised for transcoding and it defaults to the CPU.

Specifically tested h264 SDR & HEVC SDR files, both bt709.

Below the output of several commands I thought would provide useful info.

> **mediainfo - HEVC SDR**
>
> ```auto
> General
> Complete name : g201_TH_804_A001_8_SDR_20191031_SDR_4K_HEVC.mov
> Format : MPEG-4
> Format profile : QuickTime
> Codec ID : qt 0000.00 (qt )
> File size : 120 MiB
> Duration : 1 min 24 s
> Overall bit rate : 11.9 Mb/s
> Frame rate : 29.970 FPS
> Encoded date : 2019-11-05 19:52:06 UTC
> Tagged date : 2019-11-05 19:52:06 UTC
> Writing library : Apple QuickTime
> 
> Video
> ID : 1
> Format : HEVC
> Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
> Format profile : Main 10@L5@High
> Codec ID : hvc1
> Codec ID/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
> Duration : 1 min 24 s
> Bit rate : 11.9 Mb/s
> Width : 3 840 pixels
> Height : 2 160 pixels
> Display aspect ratio : 16:9
> Frame rate mode : Constant
> Frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
> Color space : YUV
> Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
> Bit depth : 10 bits
> Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.048
> Stream size : 120 MiB (100%)
> Title : Core Media Video
> Encoded date : 2019-11-05 19:52:06 UTC
> Tagged date : 2019-11-05 19:52:06 UTC
> Color range : Limited
> Color primaries : BT.709
> Transfer characteristics : BT.709
> Matrix coefficients : BT.709
> Codec configuration box : hvcC
> 
> ```

> **mediainfo - h264 SDR**
>
> ```auto
> General
> Unique ID : 241431630945555670297795874629822138060 (0xB5A20A6EFCB54064E00E706C210F46CC)
> Complete name : This.Place.Rules.2022.mkv
> Format : Matroska
> Format version : Version 4
> File size : 5.25 GiB
> Duration : 1 h 22 min
> Overall bit rate : 9 154 kb/s
> Frame rate : 24.000 FPS
> Writing application : mkvmerge v72.0.0 ('Minuano (Six-eight)') 64-bit
> Writing library : libebml v1.4.4 + libmatroska v1.7.1
> 
> Video
> ID : 1
> Format : AVC
> Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
> Format profile : High@L4
> Format settings : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
> Format settings, CABAC : Yes
> Format settings, Reference frames : 4 frames
> Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
> Duration : 1 h 22 min
> Bit rate mode : Constant
> Bit rate : 8 511 kb/s
> Nominal bit rate : 10 000 kb/s
> Width : 1 920 pixels
> Height : 1 080 pixels
> Display aspect ratio : 16:9
> Frame rate mode : Constant
> Frame rate : 24.000 FPS
> Color space : YUV
> Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
> Bit depth : 8 bits
> Scan type : Progressive
> Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.171
> Stream size : 4.88 GiB (93%)
> Default : Yes
> Forced : No
> Color range : Limited
> Color primaries : BT.709
> Transfer characteristics : BT.709
> Matrix coefficients : BT.709
> 
> Audio
> ID : 2
> Format : E-AC-3
> Format/Info : Enhanced AC-3
> Commercial name : Dolby Digital Plus
> Codec ID : A_EAC3
> Duration : 1 h 22 min
> Bit rate mode : Constant
> Bit rate : 640 kb/s
> Channel(s) : 6 channels
> Channel layout : L R C LFE Ls Rs
> Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
> Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
> Compression mode : Lossy
> Stream size : 376 MiB (7%)
> Language : English (US)
> Service kind : Complete Main
> Default : Yes
> Forced : No
> 
> Text #1
> ID : 3
> Format : UTF-8
> Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
> Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
> Duration : 1 h 21 min
> Bit rate : 122 b/s
> Frame rate : 0.401 FPS
> Count of elements : 1955
> Stream size : 72.6 KiB (0%)
> Language : English (US)
> Default : No
> Forced : No
> 
> Text #2
> ID : 4
> Format : UTF-8
> Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
> Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
> Duration : 1 h 21 min
> Bit rate : 127 b/s
> Frame rate : 0.418 FPS
> Count of elements : 2041
> Stream size : 75.9 KiB (0%)
> Title : SDH
> Language : English (US)
> Default : No
> Forced : No
> 
> ```

> **preferences.xml**
>
> ```xml
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <Preferences OldestPreviousVersion="1.21.1.3842-b0c7a97d9" MachineIdentifier="removed" ProcessedMachineIdentifier="removed" AnonymousMachineIdentifier="removed" MetricsEpoch="1" AcceptedEULA="1" FriendlyName="removed" PublishServerOnPlexOnlineKey="1" PlexOnlineToken="removed" PlexOnlineUsername="removed" PlexOnlineMail="removed" PlexOnlineHome="1" DlnaEnabled="0" DvrIncrementalEpgLoader="0" CertificateVersion="3" CertificateUUID="removed" LastAutomaticMappedPort="0" PubSubServer="139.162.219.82" PubSubServerRegion="lhr" PubSubServerPing="65" LanguageInCloud="1" sendCrashReports="1" autoEmptyTrash="1" GenerateIntroMarkerBehavior="scheduled" WanPerStreamMaxUploadRate="0" WanTotalMaxUploadRate="30000" HardwareAcceleratedCodecs="1" FSEventLibraryPartialScanEnabled="1" FSEventLibraryUpdatesEnabled="1" CloudSyncNeedsUpdate="0" ScheduledLibraryUpdatesEnabled="0" allowMediaDeletion="0" TranscoderH264BackgroundPreset="ultrafast" TranscoderQuality="3" ManualPortMappingMode="1" ManualPortMappingPort="32400" logDebug="1" HardwareAcceleratedEncoders="1" EnableIPv6="0" secureConnections="1" DisableTLSv1_0="0" WebHooksEnabled="1" ButlerTaskGenerateAutoTags="0" LoudnessAnalysisBehavior="never" OnDeckLimit="10" OnDeckWindow="2" PreferredNetworkInterface="eno1" CinemaTrailersFromBluRay="0" LogVerbose="1" PushNotificationsEnabled="0" MusicAnalysisBehavior="never" TranscoderToneMapping="1" MergedRecentlyAdded="1" GlobalMusicVideoPathMigrated="1" CinemaTrailersFromTheater="0" ButlerEndHour="8" ButlerStartHour="1" ButlerTaskRefreshLibraries="1" TranscoderCanOnlyRemuxVideo="0" TranscodeCountLimit="0" ButlerTaskDeepMediaAnalysis="0" WanPerUserStreamCount="0" ButlerUpdateChannel="8" CinemaTrailersFromLibrary="0" RelayEnabled="0" TreatWanIpAsLocal="1" ButlerTaskReverseGeocode="0" DatabaseCacheSize="256" LibraryVideoPlayedAtBehaviour="1" MarkerSource="cloud" GenerateCreditsMarkerBehavior="asap" GenerateChapterThumbBehavior="never" ScannerLowPriority="1" HardwareDevicePath="1002:744c:148c:2423@0000:03:00.0"/>
> 
> ```

> **uname -a**
>
> ```auto
> Linux manjaro 6.3.5-2-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sun Jun 4 18:26:12 UTC 2023 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> ```

> **lspci | grep VGA**
>
> ```auto
> 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX] (rev cc)
> 
> ```

> **inxi -G**
>
> ```auto
> Graphics:
> Device-1: AMD Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX] driver: amdgpu v: kernel
> Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
> unloaded: modesetting dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu resolution: 3440x1440~60Hz
> API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.2 renderer: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (gfx1100
> LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.52 6.3.5-2-MANJARO)
> 
> ```

> **tree /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/lib/**
>
> ```auto
> /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/lib/
> ├── dri
> │ ├── radeonsi_dri.so
> │ └── radeonsi_drv_video.so
> ├── ld-musl-x86_64.so.1
> ├── libavcodec.so.59
> ├── libavfilter.so.8
> ├── libavformat.so.59
> ├── libavutil.so.57
> ├── libboost_atomic.so
> ├── libboost_chrono.so
> ├── libboost_date_time.so
> ├── libboost_filesystem.so
> ├── libboost_iostreams.so
> ├── libboost_json.so
> ├── libboost_locale.so
> ├── libboost_program_options.so
> ├── libboost_random.so
> ├── libboost_regex.so
> ├── libboost_system.so
> ├── libboost_thread.so
> ├── libboost_timer.so
> ├── libcharset.so.1
> ├── libcrypto.so.3
> ├── libc.so
> ├── libc++.so.2
> ├── libcurl.so.4
> ├── libdrm_amdgpu.so.1
> ├── libdrm_intel.so.1
> ├── libdrm_radeon.so.1
> ├── libdrm.so.2
> ├── libeditline.so.1
> ├── libfmt.so.8
> ├── libfreeimage.so
> ├── libgcompat.so.0
> ├── libgmock.so
> ├── libgtest.so
> ├── libhdhomerun.so
> ├── libiconv.so.2
> ├── libicudataplex.so.69
> ├── libicui18nplex.so.69
> ├── libicuioplex.so.69
> ├── libicuucplex.so.69
> ├── libigdgmm.so.12
> ├── libminiupnpc.so.17
> ├── libnghttp2.so
> ├── libopencv_core.so.405
> ├── libopencv_dnn.so.405
> ├── libopencv_imgcodecs.so.405
> ├── libopencv_imgproc.so.405
> ├── libpciaccess.so.0
> ├── libpion.so
> ├── libpython27.so
> ├── libsoci_core.so
> ├── libsoci_sqlite3.so
> ├── libsqlite3.so
> ├── libssl.so.3
> ├── libstdc++.so.6
> ├── libswresample.so.4
> ├── libswscale.so.6
> ├── libtag.so.1
> ├── libusb-1.0.so.0
> ├── libva-drm.so.2
> └── libva.so.2
> 
> 2 directories, 62 files
> 
> ```

> **vainfo**
>
> ```auto
> Trying display: wayland
> Trying display: x11
> vainfo: VA-API version: 1.18 (libva 2.18.1)
> vainfo: Driver version: Mesa Gallium driver 23.0.2 for AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (gfx1100, LLVM 15.0.7, DRM 3.52, 6.3.5-2-MANJARO)
> vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
> VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointEncSlice
> VAProfileH264Main :	VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileH264Main :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
> VAProfileH264High :	VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileH264High :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
> VAProfileHEVCMain :	VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileHEVCMain :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
> VAProfileHEVCMain10 :	VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileHEVCMain10 :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
> VAProfileJPEGBaseline :	VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileVP9Profile0 :	VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileVP9Profile2 :	VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileAV1Profile0 :	VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileNone :	VAEntrypointVideoProc
> 
> ```

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**Author:** ![rahzadan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@rahzadan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rahzadan)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-transcoding-on-linux-not-working-amdgpu-v1-32-5-7210/845095/2 "2023-06-21T12:16:27Z")

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Also still unable to hardware transcode on AMDGPU on any version after 1.32.1.6999. Rolling back to 1.32.1.6999 fixes the issue entirely, and I am able to hardware encode on AMDGPU. I have properly exposed /dev/dri in my docker container. Here are logs from build 6999 as well as 7210.

[Plex Media Server Logs\_2023-06-21\_08-03-17 - v1.32.5.7210-77f7f99fa.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/xT600ZIIoY0U38wA7IuvwUHLKed.zip) (20.1 KB)  
[Plex Media Server Logs\_2023-06-21\_08-58-06 - v1.32.1.6999-91e1e2e2c.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/TpqOmlrewGYSRaRvAH5f85ONXV.zip) (13.7 KB)

You can see in the logs the following errors in 7210, which do not exist in 6999:

> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7fb39eaee0c0] Failed to initialise VAAPI connection: -1 (unknown libva error).

> Failed to set value ‘vaapi=vaapi:’ for option ‘init\_hw\_device’: Error number -5 occurred

> Failed to set value ‘vaapi=vaapi:’ for option ‘init\_hw\_device’: I/O error

I ran the following command to ensure the APDGPU driver was working correctly in my docker container:

> docker exec -it -e LIBVA\_DRIVERS\_PATH=/vaapi-amdgpu/lib/dri -e LD\_LIBRARY\_PATH=/vaapi-amdgpu/lib plex \   
> /lib/plexmediaserver/Plex\ Transcoder -hide\_banner -loglevel debug -vaapi\_device /dev/dri/renderD128

Here is the output:

> Splitting the commandline.  
> Reading option ‘-hide\_banner’ … matched as option ‘hide\_banner’ (do not show program banner) with argument ‘1’.  
> Reading option ‘-loglevel’ … matched as option ‘loglevel’ (set logging level) with argument ‘debug’.  
> Reading option ‘-vaapi\_device’ … matched as option ‘vaapi\_device’ (set VAAPI hardware device (DRM path or X11 display name)) with argument ‘/dev/dri/renderD128’.  
> Finished splitting the commandline.  
> Parsing a group of options: global .  
> Applying option hide\_banner (do not show program banner) with argument 1.  
> Applying option loglevel (set logging level) with argument debug.  
> Applying option vaapi\_device (set VAAPI hardware device (DRM path or X11 display name)) with argument /dev/dri/renderD128.  
> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7efc92e78d00] libva: VA-API version 1.17.0  
> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7efc92e78d00] libva: Trying to open /vaapi-amdgpu/lib/dri/radeonsi\_drv\_video.so  
> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7efc92e78d00] libva: Found init function \_\_vaDriverInit\_1\_17  
> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7efc92e78d00] libva: va\_openDriver() returns 0  
> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7efc92e78d00] Initialised VAAPI connection: version 1.17  
> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7efc92e78d00] Format 0x3231564e → nv12.  
> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7efc92e78d00] Format 0x30313050 → p010le.  
> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7efc92e78d00] Format 0x36313050 → unknown.  
> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7efc92e78d00] Format 0x30323449 → yuv420p.  
> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7efc92e78d00] Format 0x32315659 → yuv420p.  
> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7efc92e78d00] Format 0x56595559 → unknown.  
> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7efc92e78d00] Format 0x32595559 → yuyv422.  
> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7efc92e78d00] Format 0x59565955 → uyvy422.  
> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7efc92e78d00] Format 0x30303859 → gray.  
> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7efc92e78d00] Format 0x50343434 → yuv444p.  
> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7efc92e78d00] Format 0x41524742 → bgra.  
> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7efc92e78d00] Format 0x41424752 → rgba.  
> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7efc92e78d00] Format 0x58524742 → bgr0.  
> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7efc92e78d00] Format 0x58424752 → rgb0.  
> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7efc92e78d00] VAAPI driver: Mesa Gallium driver 22.3.6 for AMD Ryzen Embedded V1756B with Radeon Vega Gfx (raven, LLVM 15.0.7, DRM 3.49, 6.1.0-0.deb11.7-amd64).  
> [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7efc92e78d00] Driver not found in known nonstandard list, using standard behaviour.  
> Successfully parsed a group of options.  
> Hyper fast Audio and Video encoder  
> usage: ffmpeg [options] [[infile options] -i infile]… {[outfile options] outfile}…

Let me know if there’s anything else that could help resolve this issue.

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**Author:** ![rahzadan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@rahzadan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rahzadan)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-transcoding-on-linux-not-working-amdgpu-v1-32-5-7210/845095/3 "2023-06-21T12:29:32Z")

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I have also used the new pull-down menu to select the proper hardware transcoder from the list, saved, and restarted the docker container, but no change. Same errors & not working:

 ![transcoder](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/b/4/1/b41046fd999767c15d5bbbd52ca05c414d05339c.png)

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**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-transcoding-on-linux-not-working-amdgpu-v1-32-5-7210/845095/4 "2023-06-21T14:34:30Z")

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@rahzadan

Is the PUID/PLEX\_UID a member of the group which owns the nodes (renderD128, etc?)

It’s working flawlessly here on Intel i7-8809G (dual GPU machine)

 ![Screenshot from 2023-06-21 10-29-19](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/7/5/0/75094a78db0a8f68f0a61557d3f78e5970a1ba2c.png)

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**Author:** ![rahzadan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@rahzadan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rahzadan)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-transcoding-on-linux-not-working-amdgpu-v1-32-5-7210/845095/5 "2023-06-21T16:23:26Z")

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@ChuckPa

Thanks for your response. Here is my docker compose:

> version: “2.1”  
> services:  
> plex:  
> image: [lscr.io/linuxserver/plex:latest](http://lscr.io/linuxserver/plex:latest)  
> container\_name: plex  
> network\_mode: host  
> group\_add:  
> - “106”  
> - “44”  
> environment:  
> - PUID=1000  
> - PGID=100  
> - TZ=Canada/Atlantic  
> - VERSION=latest  
> - DOCKER\_MODS=jefflessard/plex-vaapi-amdgpu-mod  
> devices:  
> - /dev/dri/  
> volumes:  
> - /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-f150e77a-a744-4146-b9e3-25f6530e62f9/plex/config:/config  
> - /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-f150e77a-a744-4146-b9e3-25f6530e62f9/plex/content:/content  
> - /tmp:/transcode  
> restart: unless-stopped

You can see that I’ve done a “group\_add” to ensure that the “render” and “video” groups are added to PUID 1000.

After running the following:

> cat /etc/group

It shows, among others, **video:x:44:** and **render:x:106:**

I have also confirmed that both /dev/dri devices have their groups added to PUID 1000.

> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 100 Jun 5 22:15 .  
> drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 3460 Jun 5 22:15 …  
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Jun 5 22:15 by-path  
> crw-rw---- 1 root video 226, 0 Jun 5 22:15 card0  
> crw-rw---- 1 root render 226, 128 Jun 5 22:15 renderD128

Note that again, everything is working fine in **PMS 1.32.1.6999** with this config. Any version newer than this does not.

I also tried the following under **devices** :

> /dev/dri/  
> /dev/dri/renderD128  
> /dev/dri/card0

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**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-transcoding-on-linux-not-working-amdgpu-v1-32-5-7210/845095/6 "2023-06-21T16:58:25Z")

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You no longer need ANY 3rd party VAAPI mods in docker containers or native installations.

Everything is native to PMS

This was tested on redhat, ubuntu, debian, fedora, and in containers several weeks (almost 2 months ago) with complete success.

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**Author:** ![rahzadan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@rahzadan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rahzadan)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-transcoding-on-linux-not-working-amdgpu-v1-32-5-7210/845095/7 "2023-06-21T17:19:02Z")

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@ChuckPa

THANK YOU!

Removing the 3rd party VVAPI mod and the group\_add entries fixed the issue, and now hw transcoding is working again! On version 1,32,1,6999 and below, I needed the mod for hw transcoding to work. Also, it seems the ‘abc’ user within the container is properly assigned to the correct groups without the need for group\_add, which was previously required.

Is there any documentation that states that 3rd party VVAPI mods aren’t needed anymore? I assume that became the case after 1.32.1.6999?

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**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-transcoding-on-linux-not-working-amdgpu-v1-32-5-7210/845095/8 "2023-06-21T17:20:42Z")

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> [@rahzadan](#):
>
> Is there any documentation that states that 3rd party VVAPI mods aren’t needed anymore? I assume that became the case after 1.32.1.6999?

This capability is new. Until now, there is no **Official** AMD support.

With this release, AMD support is native and requires no special consideration.

Not sure how to address “Stop that hack you were doing!!”

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**Author:** ![rahzadan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@rahzadan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rahzadan)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-transcoding-on-linux-not-working-amdgpu-v1-32-5-7210/845095/9 "2023-06-21T17:32:42Z")

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@ChuckPa

I did see the official AMD support in the changelog, but not until this very recent release (1.32.5.7210). My issue started on 1.32.2.7002, before official AMD support was (announced as being) added.

That being said, even with this new version it didn’t occur to me to try to remove the VVAPI mod as I’d always needed it before.

Thanks again!

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**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-transcoding-on-linux-not-working-amdgpu-v1-32-5-7210/845095/10 "2023-06-21T17:35:01Z")

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The AMD support was completed sometime around the 1.32.2 timeframe 😉  
There’s been a lot of testing needed.

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**Author:** ![rahzadan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@rahzadan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rahzadan)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-transcoding-on-linux-not-working-amdgpu-v1-32-5-7210/845095/11 "2023-06-21T17:35:53Z")

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That explains it.

Cheers!

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**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-transcoding-on-linux-not-working-amdgpu-v1-32-5-7210/845095/12 "2023-09-19T17:35:56Z")

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