Server Version#: 1.29.0.6244 Player Version#: 9.9.0.35519 (Android) I just installed an RTX 2060 card in my Windows Plex Media Server and I have “Use hardware acceleration when available” and “Use hardware-accelerated video encoding” enabled, but when I try to transcode an HEVC 4k file to my pho…

As a rule of thumb on Windows you will need at least ~12,000 passmark points. Prefer CPUs with higher single-thread rating.

Thanks. Btw, when I say “upgrade”, I obviously mean an entirely new PC to run PMS. I know that 4+ year old Dell I’m currently using won’t support a CPU upgrade.

Yes, that is the unfortunate reality in the computing world. Significant CPU upgrades almost always mean a nearly completely new system.

Yup, it is what it is. Thanks for the all of the help and advice. Really appreciate it.

I finally got the RTX2060 working over the weekend and have been playing around with various settings and transcoding options. It seems I can tanscode HDR content fine with “Enable HDR tone mapping” disabled and it doesn’t look too bad, IMO. My out of town family are the only ones who would be tra…

Are you saying that you’re doing tone mapping via the GPU? My CPU is pretty outdated, which is why I’m relying on the newly installed RTX 2060 for transcoding. As mentioned, the tone mapping is done via the CPU and newer processors handle that particular workload much better than mine does.

I believe so and had my users test it as well. Give it a try. I have an RTX 2060 Super.

Hmmmm. I’m running Windows 10 and my CPU was struggling when I had tone mapping checked. The client was constantly buffering.

And you upgraded to the 64-bit media server?

How do I make sure PMS uses new GPU?

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I installed the 64-bit plex media server on Windows 11 and can now transcode 4K with HDR tone mapping enabled and a Nvidia GPU.

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How do I make sure PMS uses new GPU?

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