QNAP NAS - Plex Transcoding Directory

Plex Media Server
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Server Version#: QNAP TS-1655 (QTS) v5.2.0.2802 (2024/06/20)
Player Version#: Plex Web Version 4.134.2
GPU#: NVIDIA Corporation TU106 (GeForce GTX 1650) - Set to QTS Mode

Goal: Use Raid 1 2TB storage pool/vol I created JUST for PLEX web stream transcoding.

Drive Config: Raid 1 volume with 2 x 2TB SSD with folder /transcode (2TB is size free)
PLEX Config: Have GPU transcoding set. Set Transcoding temporary directory to /transcode. See image below

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Issue: When I stream something that requires transcoding, I get a playback Error with message “Not enough disk space to convert this item.”

I go look beneath /transcode and I do see that the following folder structure was created, so seems I have the path correct but cannot understand the issue as I have plenty of free space.
/transcode/Transcode/
/Sessions
Possible something with the path I give? Maybe I cannot point to symbolic link or maybe I need to. I cannot find much info on how to structure that path and what I am suppose to see in that directory

Thanks much
Kirk

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You forgot how QNAP works.

On QNAP, all volumes have a /share/CACHEDEVx_DATA form (QTS) or /share/ZFSxxx_DATA form (QuTS)

the root partition, where you put /transcode (were you thinking of docker??) would write to the actual root filesystem which only has 500 MB of free space.

If you create a transcode shared folder on QTS, you’d tell PMS /share/transcode

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Yes I did. That was it.

Path → /share/CACHEDEV2_DATA/transcode

Thanks much
Kirk

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Side note: using a RAID 1 (mirroring) for the transcoding temp folder is a pretty useless exercise.
I think you can find a better use for the second drive.

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Did you make a Public shared folder? I’m a Qnap newb.

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I did, but I have the /path wrong. /transcode is the share, however the path under the covers is /share/CACHEDEV2_DATA/transcode. I have it located on a dual purposed mirrored SSD drive, using that same SSD mirror for all my “*arr” aotomation apps as containers (sonarr, radarr, etc)

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