ChuckPa
October 18, 2023, 11:01pm
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Below please find our first step toward fixing what ails PMS and the transcoder.
In this step, we are addressing the Apollo Lake, Gemini Lake, and older processors.
Unfortunately, the Intel Media Driver doesn’t fully support all of them.
In this build, you will find -
Apollo Lake CPUs will now use the IVD (Intel Video Driver - i965) by default
Gemini Lake CPUs will now use the IVD by default
All supported QSV CPUs, SkyLake and below, will use IVD by default.
All other CPUs retain their IMD (Intel Media Driver) current configuration.
We would very much like to include this in the upcoming PMS release rather than waiting another month for formal release HOWEVER we must confirm it works for everyone before doing so.
We would greatly appreciate everyone’s assistance in helping us “BETA Preview” this change.
Ubuntu/Debian
RedHat/Fedora/CentOS
Asustor
Synology (DSM 6)
Synology (DSM 7)
QNAP
Unraid
Netgear
You may update by manually installing the DEB file inside the container with dpkg as always
Please report issues, as well as your feedback, here as soon as is convenient to do so.
edit: switched the links to come directly from our build system
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Is this the same build I have been testing?
Yes. This is build 7605 which I’ve shared privately with a few folks.
Hover over the link and you can see the filename.
Excellent Chuck, thank you. Will get on this.
Should we first remove the i965 driver and activation string added to Preferences.xml? I have been using this as I use a Gemini Lake Synology.
You can leave the i965 spec in or remove it as you deem appropriate.
If you want to try with and without to confirm our results that would be great.
Please do remember, the first launch will download the IVD driver which will take a few extra seconds to download then load into PMS.
Vcxy
October 19, 2023, 8:57am
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Something is weird here. I use the Docker version of PMS and ran the dpkg -i plexmediaserver_1.32.8.7605-63e66830a_amd64.deb command inside the container. After the restart of the container PMS is version 1.32.7.7571, not 1.32.8.7605.
Log from the container:
root@Plex-Media-Server:/# dpkg -i config/plexmediaserver_1.32.8.7605-63e66830a_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 9448 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../plexmediaserver_1.32.8.7605-63e66830a_amd64.deb ...
PlexMediaServer install: Pre-installation Validation.
PlexMediaServer install: Docker detected. Preinstallation validation not required.
Unpacking plexmediaserver (1.32.8.7605-63e66830a) over (1.32.1.6999-91e1e2e2c) ...
Setting up plexmediaserver (1.32.8.7605-63e66830a) ...
PlexMediaServer install: Docker detected. Postinstallation tasks not required. Continuing.
root@Plex-Media-Server:/#
ChuckPa
October 19, 2023, 3:27pm
10
Installed the same DEB file
Version 1.32.8.7605-63e66830a An update is available.
Checked both the build system and my original google drive share.
Whose docker image are you using?
Running on Synology DS1019+ via Docker, manually updated deb inside container and played one file. HW transcoding kicked in, PMS CPU jumped from 1% to 10%, so initial thoughts is it looks good. Will keep this version for a few more days for further testing.
Just to add I was pinned to the previous working version image and never attempted any manual workarounds.
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Vcxy
October 19, 2023, 4:46pm
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I use the official Docker image.
Here’s the Docker compose script (with censored claim token) I used in Portainer:
version: "3.9"
services:
plex-media-server:
image: plexinc/pms-docker:1.32.1.6999-91e1e2e2c
container_name: Plex-Media-Server
hostname: Plex-Media-Server
network_mode: "host"
environment:
- TZ=Europe/Berlin
- PUID=1043
- PGID=100
- PLEX_CLAIM=claim--XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
volumes:
- /volume1/docker/Plex-Media-Server:/config:rw
- /volume1/docker/Plex-Media-Server/Medien:/Medien:ro
devices:
- /dev/dri:/dev/dri
restart: always
After the container was built I installed the version from your OP as mentioned in my previous post. And after that was done I restartet the container and the web UI said it’s now on version 1.32.7.7571. Tried it twice with the same result.
ChuckPa
October 19, 2023, 6:25pm
13
@Vcxy
Would you please check the DEB file for me.
[chuck@lizum Downloads.1999]$ md5sum plexmediaserver_1.32.8.7605-63e66830a_amd64.deb
bcb2ba139f742c254a6b0fe8f716607c plexmediaserver_1.32.8.7605-63e66830a_amd64.deb
[chuck@lizum Downloads.2000]$
Looking for md5sum of bcb2ba139f742c254a6b0fe8f716607c
Vcxy
October 19, 2023, 6:54pm
14
@ChuckPa
[s6-init] making user provided files available at /var/run/s6/etc...exited 0.
[s6-init] ensuring user provided files have correct perms...exited 0.
[fix-attrs.d] applying ownership & permissions fixes...
[fix-attrs.d] done.
[cont-init.d] executing container initialization scripts...
[cont-init.d] 40-plex-first-run: executing...
Plex Media Server first run setup complete
[cont-init.d] 40-plex-first-run: exited 0.
[cont-init.d] 45-plex-hw-transcode-and-connected-tuner: executing...
[cont-init.d] 45-plex-hw-transcode-and-connected-tuner: exited 0.
[cont-init.d] 50-plex-update: executing...
[cont-init.d] 50-plex-update: exited 0.
[cont-init.d] done.
[services.d] starting services
Starting Plex Media Server.
[services.d] done.
Critical: libusb_init failed
Connection to 172.104.247.122 closed by remote host.
Stopping Plex Media Server.
kill: usage: kill [-s sigspec | -n signum | -sigspec] pid | jobspec ... or kill -l [sigspec]
[cont-finish.d] executing container finish scripts...
[cont-finish.d] done.
[s6-finish] waiting for services.
[s6-finish] sending all processes the TERM signal.
[s6-finish] sending all processes the KILL signal and exiting.
[s6-init] making user provided files available at /var/run/s6/etc...exited 0.
[s6-init] ensuring user provided files have correct perms...exited 0.
[fix-attrs.d] applying ownership & permissions fixes...
[fix-attrs.d] done.
[cont-init.d] executing container initialization scripts...
[cont-init.d] 40-plex-first-run: executing...
[cont-init.d] 40-plex-first-run: exited 0.
[cont-init.d] 45-plex-hw-transcode-and-connected-tuner: executing...
[cont-init.d] 45-plex-hw-transcode-and-connected-tuner: exited 0.
[cont-init.d] 50-plex-update: executing...
Attempting to upgrade to: 1.32.7.7571-13cdc68dc
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dpkg: warning: downgrading plexmediaserver from 1.32.8.7605-63e66830a to 1.32.7.7571-13cdc68dc
(Reading database ... 9563 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack /tmp/plexmediaserver.deb ...
PlexMediaServer install: Pre-installation Validation.
PlexMediaServer install: Docker detected. Preinstallation validation not required.
Unpacking plexmediaserver (1.32.7.7571-13cdc68dc) over (1.32.8.7605-63e66830a) ...
Setting up plexmediaserver (1.32.7.7571-13cdc68dc) ...
PlexMediaServer install: Docker detected. Postinstallation tasks not required. Continuing.
[cont-init.d] 50-plex-update: exited 0.
[cont-init.d] done.
[services.d] starting services
[services.d] done.
Starting Plex Media Server.
Critical: libusb_init failed
Do you see the line where it says dpkg: warning: downgrading plexmediaserver from 1.32.8.7605-63e66830a to 1.32.7.7571-13cdc68dc? I don’t know what’s up with that but probably you can tell me.
ChuckPa
October 19, 2023, 7:09pm
15
You’re getting forcibly downgraded to BETA release.
Is your container set to auto update ?
ChuckPa
October 19, 2023, 7:36pm
17
Update seems to work for my 920+ on DSM 7. Tried multiple transcoding streams from different apps. lmk if specific testing is needed. Thank you for your work!
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Vcxy
October 20, 2023, 6:16am
19
Portainer afaik doesn’t have an auto update function. The last time I tried it exactly like this it worked completely fine.
Edit:
Edit 2:
Tested here on a Synology 720+, Gemini lake NAS and no issues found. Transcoding CPU usage stayed low. Also tested using a subtitled vid.
This was firstly leaving the vaapidriver reference in the preferences.xml and also after removing it, and restarting the server. All good.
Can also confirm the datestamp on the IVD driver below the cache folder updated, showing a new one had been downloaded. No noticeable delay at all.
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Also tested on a DS720+ Gemini, no issues.
Did some conversion from 4k > 1080p and used HW, added some sub-titles and seemed fine. At 720p one video had strange colour seperation when converted from 4K - but playback was smooth with low CPU usage and HW transcoding.
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CT9AJ
October 20, 2023, 4:01pm
22
Tested on DSM 7 920+ and all seems fine now. I removed i965 from my preferences as well.
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