# Help with Nvidia hw transcoding on Unraid

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/help-with-nvidia-hw-transcoding-on-unraid/900909>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** hardware\
**Created:** [January 3, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/help-with-nvidia-hw-transcoding-on-unraid/900909 "2025-01-03T22:01:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tifos2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@tifos2](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tifos2)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/help-with-nvidia-hw-transcoding-on-unraid/900909/1 "2025-01-03T22:01:48Z")

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Hello everyone, I need some help I am newer to Linux and Unraid but I am trying to get HW transcoding working. I have the Nvidia driver installed in Unraid and configured the container with the runtime and enviroment variable. The GPU shows up under transcoding setttings in plex, but if I try and use it the video crashes, I have attached my log. Hopefully someone can see something.  
[Plex Media Server.log](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/nj0J7jQuWCqTvVE2mU6H2wQqVAQ.log) (396.5 KB)  
[Plex Transcoder Statistics.1.log](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/ujy6EqKeipKWrlt751ovQi9h89t.log) (3.6 KB)  
[Plex Transcoder Statistics.log](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/f0CQYAPRr8ZZ0MxvTPoXjEEZ0le.log) (6.1 KB)  
[Plex Tuner Service.log](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/3D1kmNwGqxTnIb7i1Mvuhb9IijV.log) (1.8 KB)  
[Plex Crash Uploader.log](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/jF1cczICg0XwE7skkc1kuSxKX0B.log) (558 Bytes)

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**Author:** ![tifos2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@tifos2](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tifos2)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/help-with-nvidia-hw-transcoding-on-unraid/900909/2 "2025-01-03T22:03:19Z")

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The crash reports appear to be empty as well.

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**Author:** ![tifos2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@tifos2](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tifos2)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/help-with-nvidia-hw-transcoding-on-unraid/900909/3 "2025-01-03T22:46:54Z")

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SOLVED! I deleted the codec folder and restarted and it worked!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/help-with-nvidia-hw-transcoding-on-unraid/900909/4 "2026-04-22T13:56:23Z")

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