How to check that HW decoding works?

Server Version#: Ubuntu 18.xx LTS
Player Version#: 4.28.3

Hello

Now runnig on an new server with a P2000 in it.
How can I check that the P2000 is being used? Its a new server so i dont have no comarsion value.

thx,
Gerd

Plex Web > settings > dashboard

should show you (HW) next to the video decode/encode

you can also monitor via nvidia-smi on terminal/ssh command line.

Hey Ho!

Thx… at the dashboard a can see the bandwith, the CPU und the RAM usage. No Indicator for any GPU usage.
Wil try to figure out how to use nvidia-smi

there isn’t a graph for gpu. it will just say HW in the now playing info for the playback if it is using HW trancoding

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Okay, thx. So there is currently no HW-transcoding.
There must be a general HW-decoding issue.
By using the webbrowser there are some fils are not payable. This fiels are playable by using the iOS App.
The also playable on my 4kAppleTV. But on the AppleTV everything is playable except in the case i force a transcode. No transcode atall on AppleTV.

Strange… first… checking the HD/Driver-side for the P2000

THX @all… reinstall the CUDA driver by using this
https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-installation-guide-linux/index.html#runfile-installation
and

helps!! Now, 5 heavy streams (4k bases and transcodes to a lot of different tragets), the CPUs idle!

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