PMS 1.32.6+ HW transcoding issues and corrections

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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 :

  1. Place this file in the Cache/va-dri-linux-x86_64 directory under Plex Media Server

  2. unzip it

  3. It will look like this when done. (You will also have other files in there. Don’t worry)

root@geminilake:/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server/Cache/va-dri-linux-x86_64# ls -la
total 9176
drwxr-xr-x 2 plex plex      69 May 30 12:00 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 plex plex    4096 May 30 11:59 ..
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7815088 May 30 10:49 i965_drv_video.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1576222 May 30 12:00 i965_drv_video.zip
root@geminilake:/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server/Cache/va-dri-linux-x86_64#

  1. Stop Plex

  2. Manually add VaapiDriver="i965" to the end of Preferences.xml using the Linux text editor (or Synology/QNAP text editor as appropriate – just don’t use Windows)

  3. It will look like this when done:

      SomeOtherPref="Value"  VaapiDriver="i965" />

  1. Save the file

  2. Start Plex

  3. Test

  4. Regardless of success or failure,
    – Report result
    – Attach Logs ZIP file (we need to confirm the behavior reported in the logs)

Thank you all for your patience and support.

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