Server Version#: 1.16.5.1554 Player Version#:6.3 build 14 I posted a few weeks back about not getting HW acceleration running while trying to run Plex on my Roku. It turns out that the issue is that the server won’t use the GPU unless there is a monitor plugged in, and turned on for it to use the …

Plex won't use HW encoding without the monitor turned on

OttoKerner September 17, 2019, 1:18pm 6

Also known as “HDMI dummy plug”

Hardware Transcoding not working on ubuntu server 18.04

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