"Package 'Beignet', required for hardware transcoding of HDR content" - HDR tonemapping now supported?

Plex Media Server Plex Pass Betas
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Could it be the problem is that the install script checked the hardware first, found it not-capable, and so didn’t actually perform the checks to set the flags for the dependencies, then later checked the value of those flags and reported on them (even though they hadn’t been properly set)?

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In the installation script, if the machine is 64 bit capable then I perform all the checks.
I don’t look at the CPU capability flags at that time.

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I do note that the two packages had just been installed due to the DPKG dependency chain, but those installations were done before the plexmediaserver package started.

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Was there a race condition? It seems highly unlikely that the package could be installed, and named perfectly, only to be listed as not installed.

When you perform the dpkg -l do you see a status of ii in the left colum ?
If so, then it’s installed. If not, the installation is hung / not resolved.

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As shown above, dpkg shows “ii” now. I guess we’ll see what happens on the next version update.

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Didn’t happen with the next version. Upgrade log:

Setting up plexmediaserver (1.21.1.3876-3c3adfcb4) ...
PlexMediaServer install: PlexMediaServer-1.21.1.3876-3c3adfcb4 - Installation starting.
PlexMediaServer install:
PlexMediaServer install: Now installing based on:
PlexMediaServer install:   Installation Type:   Update
PlexMediaServer install:   Process Control:     systemd
PlexMediaServer install:   Plex User:           plex
PlexMediaServer install:   Plex Group:          plex
PlexMediaServer install:   Video Group:         video
PlexMediaServer install:   Metadata Dir:        /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support
PlexMediaServer install:   Temp Directory:      /tmp
PlexMediaServer install:   Lang Encoding:       en_US.UTF-8
PlexMediaServer install:   Intel QSV Hardware:  Found
PlexMediaServer install:
PlexMediaServer install:   OpenCL library:      Installed
PlexMediaServer install:   Beignet package:     Installed
PlexMediaServer install:
PlexMediaServer install: Completing final configuration.
PlexMediaServer install: Starting Plex Media Server.
PlexMediaServer install: PlexMediaServer-1.21.1.3876-3c3adfcb4 - Installation successful.  Errors: 0, Warnings: 0
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Hi Guys,
I have a question, do I need

  • OpenCL library
  • Beignet package
    If I have no plan to ever transcode 4K content? I do have some 4K content but I play them locally on my Chromecast with Google TV and I actually do not want to ever transcode 4K content, only direct play.
    Thank you for your help.
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@Pooya.to

If all your content is DirectPlay / DirectStream then you do not meed them.

Those two packages are only needed (temporarily) for HDR -> SDR tone mapping.

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Thank you @ChuckPa. I won’t be installing them then.
Cheers,

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