Pixelated playback when Transcoding for the first 60-90sec

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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The suggestion in Heavy Artifacts with Hardware Transcoding with Linux Intel worked great for me.

If you’re running Plex Server using Docker (Compose), the best way would be to create a local docker image for Plex, that does not contain the file mentioned in the above post. (This assumes you have some experience using docker.)

$ cat Dockerfile
FROM plexinc/pms-docker:latest

RUN rm -rf /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so

$ docker build -t local-plex .  # run this from the directory where the Dockerfile is located

Now, in your docker configuration, make sure to use the image local-plex:latest. I run plex in Docker using Docker Compose, so my docker-compose is:

---
version: '2'
services:
  plex:
    container_name: plex
    image: local-plex:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - 32400:32400/tcp
      - 3005:3005/tcp
      - 8324:8324/tcp
      - 32469:32469/tcp
      - 1900:1900/udp
      - 32410:32410/udp
      - 32412:32412/udp
      - 32413:32413/udp
      - 32414:32414/udp
    environment:
      - TZ=Europe/Amsterdam
      - ADVERTISE_IP=http://your-host.local:32400/
      - PLEX_UID=1000
      - PLEX_GID=100
      - PLEX_CLAIM=xxxxxxxxx
    hostname: NAS-plex
    volumes:
      - /your/config/dir:/config
      - /your/tv/dir:/tv
      - /your/movie/dir:/movies
      - /your/transcode/dir:/transcode
    devices:
      - "/dev/dri:/dev/dri"  # important, enables hardware encoding

Hope this helps!