Server Version#: 1.30.0.6486 (linuxserver/plex docker) Player Version#: All Nvidia Driver Version#: 510.108.03 OS: Debian 12 When transcodes are starting, errors start showing up in the logs. Usually after a 10-30 seconds of errors, playback finally starts. But for some clients, it just ends wit…

First up. STOP with the way you’re doing all this; it’s not working and it’s making a mess You’re using a sledgehammer to fix something which isn’t broken. It is MISCONFIGURED :slight_smile: When you have an Intel GPU in the CPU, it becomes renderD128 When you add an Nvidia GPU, it becomes…

The behaviour is always the same, no matter if I transcode to tmpfs/ramdisk, local intel optane, local nvme. From plex server point of view the /config drive is local, but it’s running in a virtual infrastructure backed by multiple enterprise NVMe drives, 1 million IOPS each. Around 30-40k items. T…

Which PMS version are you running in the container? Without seeing logs, there’s little to go on but this: Jan 02, 2023 07:35:01.000 [0x7ff55d540b38] ERROR - [Req#855/Transcode/xcbvy251hdmzwlytjwcowrv8/bf01e098-de8b-4d11-ac13-d949ed28954d] [eac3_eae @ 0x7f403d872640] EAE timeout! EAE not running,…

Currently I’m using the linuxserver/plex:1.30.0 docker image

Back down to plexinc/pms-docker:1.29.2.6364-6d72b0cf6 (or LSIO) and retest

Ok will give that a try, and increase the max_user_watches.

Don’t increase it blindly. Each slot consumes non-paged kernel memory. [image] Linux Tips Tips, Tricks & How-Tos Increase the number of directories Linux can monitor (inotify) for PMS The default size of the Linux inotify table is 8192 directories (*1). W…

Issue persists when running 1.29.2.6364-6d72b0cf6 and previous versions. The server was already configured for high inotify waches. fs.inotify.max_queued_events = 16777216 fs.inotify.max_user_instances = 16777216 fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 16777216 user.max_inotify_instances = 16777216 user.max…

Right now the issue is occurring and I am checking nvidia-smi periodically. Mon Jan 9 22:30:28 2023 ... +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Processes: | | GPU GI CI PID Type…

How far into the movie does this occur ? Can you use dd to cut me that chunk (upload to cloud) that I can reproduce with ?

Intermittent issues with transcoding on NVIDIA gpu

Plex Media Server

ChuckPa January 8, 2023, 9:33pm 8

Don’t increase it blindly. Each slot consumes non-paged kernel memory.

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Intermittent issues with transcoding on NVIDIA gpu

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