PMS does not appear to use GPU

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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Thanks.

Confirms using the internal ASIC (QSV hardware).

If Nvidia, the names would so indicate.
If QSV, the names show as vaapi

Mar 05, 2020 23:08:38.617 [0x7f809b7f6700] DEBUG - TPU: hardware transcoding: using hardware decode accelerator vaapi
Mar 05, 2020 23:08:38.617 [0x7f809b7f6700] DEBUG - [Universal] Using local file path instead of URL: /data/media/tv/stumptown/stumptown s01e10.mp4
Mar 05, 2020 23:08:38.617 [0x7f809b7f6700] DEBUG - TPU: hardware transcoding: zero-copy support present
Mar 05, 2020 23:08:38.617 [0x7f809b7f6700] DEBUG - TPU: hardware transcoding: using zero-copy transcoding
Mar 05, 2020 23:08:38.617 [0x7f809b7f6700] DEBUG - Codecs: hardware transcoding: testing API vaapi
Mar 05, 2020 23:08:38.619 [0x7f809b7f6700] DEBUG - TPU: hardware transcoding: final decoder: vaapi, final encoder: vaapi
Mar 05, 2020 23:08:38.620 [0x7f809b7f6700] DEBUG - Job running: EAE_ROOT='/tmp/pms-ab1620ce-1aed-4d60-88f4-f1c1134bdc11/EasyAudioEncoder' FFMPEG_EXTERNAL_LIBS='/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application\ Support/Plex\ Media\ Server/Codecs/0bc617e-2974-linux-x86_64/' XDG_CACHE_HOME='/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache' XDG_DATA_HOME='/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources' X_PLEX_TOKEN='xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' '/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Transcoder' '-codec:#0x01' 'hevc' '-hwaccel:#0x01' 'vaapi' '-hwaccel_fallback_threshold:#0x01' '10' '-hwaccel_output_format:#0x01' 'vaapi' '-ss' '1080' '-analyzeduration' '20000000' '-probesize' '20000000' '-i' '/data/media/tv/stumptown/stumptown s01e10.mp4' '-filter_complex' '[0:#0x01]hwupload[0];[0]scale_vaapi=w=1280:h=718:format=nv12[1];[1]hwupload[2]' '-map' '[2]' '-codec:0' 'h264_vaapi' '-b:0' '1640k' '-maxrate:0' '2187k' '-bufsize:0' '4374k' '-r:0' '23.975999999999999' '-force_key_frames:0' 'expr:gte(t,1084+n_forced*5)' '-map' '0:#0x02' '-codec:1' 'copy' '-copypriorss:1' '0' '-segment_format' 'mpegts' '-f' 'ssegment' '-individual_header_trailer' '0' '-segment_time' '5' '-segment_start_number' '216' '-segment_copyts' '1' '-segment_time_delta' '0.0625' '-segment_list' 'http://127.0.0.1:32400/video/:/transcode/session/8038b4b5-8f54-4957-909e-8fb3d49133dc-22/5e0e6bc1-db5e-447b-a731-39fe6cd340d1/seglist?X-Plex-Http-Pipeline=infinite' '-segment_list_type' 'csv' '-segment_list_size' '5' '-segment_list_separate_stream_times' '1' '-segment_list_unfinished' '1' '-max_delay' '5000000' '-avoid_negative_ts' 'disabled' '-map_metadata' '-1' '-map_chapters' '-1' 'media-%05d.ts' '-start_at_zero' '-copyts' '-y' '-init_hw_device' 'vaapi=vaapi:' '-hwaccel_device' 'vaapi' '-filter_hw_device' 'vaapi' '-nostats' '-loglevel' 'quiet' '-loglevel_plex' 'error' '-progressurl' 'http://127.0.0.1:32400/video/:/transcode/session/8038b4b5-8f54-4957-909e-8fb3d49133dc-22/5e0e6bc1-db5e-447b-a731-39fe6cd340d1/progress'
Mar 05, 2020 23:08:38.620 [0x7f809b7f6700] DEBUG - Jobs: Starting child process with pid 19049
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Chuck,

Thanks for taking a look. Do you think plex will have the option of specifying GPU? If not, I’d like to re-deploy the card in another box.

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I think Engineering will have it. I don’t have any idea when it might happen.
I have also been out of the loop a bit so it might already ‘be a thing’. I know it, when done, it will be in the release notes. It is an often requested preference.

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Chuck,

Thank you very much for the quick response and the help you’ve provided here and on other topics.

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If you set the primary graphics card in the BIOS (ie disable the embedded graphics) does Plex then pick up the card instead?

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Camen,

Sorry I can no longer test that scenario. I removed the add-on card from the system and now only use the internal GPU.

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