PMS 1.32.4.7164 : Still have issues with HW Transcoding (Synology DS 1019+)

[nman4ever]

can someone confirm this is fixed for Celeron J* series? e.g. Synology DS1019+

[ChuckPa]

Regardless of which J series:

1. Upgrade PMS

2. This post will give you and tell you how to switch to the i965 driver

PMS 1.32.6+ HW transcoding issues and corrections

ALL: For those with the GeminiLake problem, a workaround has been devised. This same workaround is how we pinpointed where the deviation occurred and what and why the changes are needed. We have a file for you to test with. There are specific instructions : Place this file in the Cache/va-dri-linux-x86_64 directory under Plex Media Server unzip it It will look like this when done. (You will also have other files in there. Don’t worry) root@geminilake:/var/lib/plexmediaserver/P…

2. You must make certain to enable all the transcoding options again.

[nman4ever]

Thank you, problem fixed, followed the instructions. Had a two other problems.

in Logs: EAE timeout! EAE not running, or wrong folder?

Fixed inotify, echo 16384 | sudo tee /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches
and Deleted the Codecs directory.

[ChuckPa]

@nman4ever

Fixed inotify, echo 16384 | sudo tee /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches
and Deleted the Codecs directory.

This will only last until next reboot.

Permanent fix is here:

Synology FAQ - Questions, Answers, and a few How-To's

FAQ 16: Increase the number of folders Plex can monitor Applicable to all supported versions of DSM. When the Linux ‘inotify’ table fills up, this will cause when Plex to stop automatically detecting new media you add to the server. It will also manifest when there are transcoder problems with Dolby audio codecs. Linux has a default table size which is static. We can increase this at will. On some versions it’s 8192. On newer kernels, the default is 65536 folders. This is easy to in…