Hw transcoding is not working

Server Version#: 1.16.3.1402
Player Version#: up-to-date ios client (where to get the client version?)

I have selected the “Use hardware acceleration when available”, but only software transcoding is working.

i believe the relevant server log is the following:

Jul 30, 2019 23:18:21.351 [4064] DEBUG - Request: [127.0.0.1:55560 (Loopback)] GET /status/sessions (13 live) GZIP Signed-in Token (l4t3b0)
Jul 30, 2019 23:18:21.351 [4064] DEBUG - [Now] Adding 1 sessions.
Jul 30, 2019 23:18:21.351 [11304] DEBUG - Completed: [127.0.0.1:55560] 200 GET /status/sessions (13 live) GZIP 2ms 3954 bytes (pipelined: 2)
Jul 30, 2019 23:18:21.398 [2544] DEBUG - Request: [130.43.213.51:64815 (WAN)] GET /video/:/transcode/universal/session/3D703902-0F72-4CE4-8456-AF0CEA9B3322/base/header (13 live) TLS Signed-in
Jul 30, 2019 23:18:21.632 [13276] ERROR - [Transcoder] [hevc_mf @ 03bf8500] failed processing input: 80004005
Jul 30, 2019 23:18:21.632 [9912] ERROR - [Transcoder] Video encoding failed
Jul 30, 2019 23:18:21.663 [6024] DEBUG - Jobs: ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Plex Transcoder.exe’ exit code for process 2396 is 1 (failure)
Jul 30, 2019 23:18:21.663 [8508] DEBUG - Streaming Resource: Changing client to use software decoding
Jul 30, 2019 23:18:21.663 [8508] ERROR - ClientProfileExtra: video transcode target already exists for streaming hls
Jul 30, 2019 23:18:21.663 [8508] DEBUG - TranscodeUniversalRequest: using augmented profile iOS
Jul 30, 2019 23:18:21.663 [8508] DEBUG - Downloading document http://127.0.0.1:32400/library/metadata/16821?includeBandwidths=1&offset=-1&X-Plex-Incomplete-Segments=1&X-Plex-Session-Identifier=C901AE1B-77E9-45B8-90B0-AA7BB9C5ADCF
Jul 30, 2019 23:18:21.663 [8508] DEBUG - Auth: authenticated user 1 as l4t3b0
Jul 30, 2019 23:18:21.663 [11304] DEBUG - Auth: authenticated user 1 as l4t3b0
Jul 30, 2019 23:18:21.679 [11672] DEBUG - Request: [127.0.0.1:55560 (Loopback)] GET /status/sessions (13 live) GZIP Signed-in Token (l4t3b0)
Jul 30, 2019 23:18:21.679 [11304] DEBUG - Completed: [127.0.0.1:51630] -2 GET /player/proxy/poll?deviceClass=pc&protocolVersion=3&protocolCapabilities=timeline%2Cplayback%2Cnavigation%2Cmirror%2Cplayqueues&timeout=1 (13 live) GZIP 19995ms 5 bytes (pipelined: 148)
Jul 30, 2019 23:18:21.679 [11672] DEBUG - [Now] Adding 1 sessions.

Info of the media used:

  • Codec H264
  • Bitrate 13640 kbps
  • Language Magyar
  • Bit Depth 8
  • Chroma Location left
  • Chroma Subsampling 4:2:0
  • Frame Rate 24 fps
  • Height 804
  • Level 4.1
  • Profile high
  • Ref Frames 5
  • Scan Type progressive
  • Width 1920
  • Display Title 1080p (H.264)

Please help

It’s not possible to tell what is going on based on that snippet you provided. Please attach the entire log file.

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