Server Version#: 1.21.0.3608
Player Version#: 4.43.4
Using a QNAP TVS-872XT-i5-16G-US with the native plex app and a nvidia Quadro P2000 installed. I have installed the driver from the app store, and set the card to QTS mode in the hardware settings. “use hardware acceleration when available” as well as “use hardware accelerated video encoding when available” are both checked. I’ve rebooted after performing all of these tasks.
When i attempt to transcode a video, the GPU usage on qnap’s home screen performance monitor seems to be 0%, while the cpu usage jumps up, clearly indicating plex is using the CPU.
I noticed through intense amounts of digging that plex seemed to have broken this feature due to qnap only being on the 440 driver, and that it was fixed in the beta release. But updating to the beta channel didn’t seem to fix this.
Any tips/ideas/help would be appreciated. I’d vastly prefer to leave the CPU to take care of system tasks and other things while the GPU does transcoding jobs.
ChuckPa
November 20, 2020, 10:19pm
2
Having researched thoroughly, you should have seen where the first thing we always ask for are DEBUG (not VERBOSE) log files which capture the issue in question.
Without those logs, the only answer possible is:
I tested the fix for the Nvidia drivers and know it works with a GT1050 in a TS-877.
Apologies, here are my logs.
(File removed)
ChuckPa
November 21, 2020, 2:36am
4
Thank you for the logs.
As I suspected, the GPU is not even being detected.
If the GPU were being detected, I would see evidence of the transcoder loading and testing with the Nvidia drivers.
If the bug were the issue, I’d see protocol version 9.1 being detected but PMS wanting version 10.0 or higher.
Neither of these two being asserted , the QNAP gpuhal_app
isn’t reporting your system as having a viable GPU installed (which could be a QNAP driver issue).
To confirm this, from the SSH command line prompt:
# gpuhal_app -l
< it will print out information for the GPU card(s) found including the build in QSV >
< search for the ID of the "NVIDIA" card. Using that ID:>
# gpuhal_app -s ID
This should respond with the path to the drivers as well as the card state.
Drivers must exist (check the path with ls -l <pathname>
Verify real_status=2
I feel a bit out of my depth here, so apologies if this isn’t what you were looking for. I’m still a bit of a novice at some of this so you’d need to explain what to do for step 1.
Here are the results of the two commands:
running gpuhal_app -l:
0:Intel Corporation:UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop):internal:2
1:NVIDIA Corporation:GP106GL [Quadro P2000]:external:7
running gpuhal_app -s 1
active_status=2,real_status=2,driverqpkg=NVIDIA_GPU_DRV,driver_installed=1,in_used=none,transcode=1,display=1,pcie_slot=1,pcie_vp=1,va_type=none
ChuckPa
November 21, 2020, 3:42am
6
now run it down.
[~] # gpuhal_app -l
f:NVIDIA Corporation:GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti]:external:7
[~] # gpuhal_app -s f
active_status=2,real_status=2,driverqpkg=NVIDIA_GPU_DRV,driver_installed=1,in_used=none,transcode=1,display=1,pcie_slot=1,pcie_vp=1
[~] # /sbin/getcfg NVIDIA_GPU_DRV Install_Path -f /etc/config/qpkg.conf
/share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/NVIDIA_GPU_DRV
[~] # ls -la /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/NVIDIA_GPU_DRV/
total 528
drwxrwxr-x 7 1012 1012 4096 2019-12-13 12:46 ./
drwxrwxrwx 12 admin administrators 4096 2020-11-11 07:39 ../
drwxrwxrwx 12 1012 1012 4096 2019-05-09 19:48 cuda-10.1/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1012 1012 418 2019-09-02 03:49 driver-env.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1012 1012 0 2019-09-02 03:49 .gitkeep
-rw-r--r-- 1 admin administrators 474531 2019-12-13 12:46 .list
drwxrwxr-x 2 1012 1012 4096 2019-09-02 22:50 NCfiles/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1012 1012 3557 2019-09-02 03:49 NVIDIA_GPU_DRV_64.gif
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1012 1012 2967 2019-09-02 03:49 NVIDIA_GPU_DRV_64_gray.gif
-rwxr-xr-x 1 1012 1012 10304 2019-11-22 00:42 NVIDIA_GPU_DRV.sh*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administrators 1923 2019-11-22 02:38 NVIDIA_REMOVE.sh*
drwxr-xr-x 2 admin administrators 4096 2019-11-22 02:39 .qcodesigning/
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administrators 1040 2019-12-13 12:46 .uninstall.sh*
drwxrwxrwx 11 1012 1012 4096 2019-09-12 01:12 usr/
-rwxrwxr-x 1 1012 1012 7 2019-09-02 22:50 version*
drwxrwxr-x 3 1012 1012 4096 2019-09-02 03:49 web/
[~] # cat /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/NVIDIA_GPU_DRV/driver-env.sh
CONF=/etc/config/qpkg.conf
QPKG_NAME="NVIDIA_GPU_DRV"
QPKG_ROOT=`/sbin/getcfg $QPKG_NAME Install_Path -f ${CONF}`
DRIVER_ROOT=/opt/${QPKG_NAME}
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda/lib64:${DRIVER_ROOT}/usr/syslib:${DRIVER_ROOT}/usr/lib:${DRIVER_ROOT}/usr/applib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH >> /root/.profile
export PATH=${DRIVER_ROOT}/usr/bin:/usr/local/cuda/bin:$PATH >> /root/.profile
export DISPLAY=":0" >> /root/.profile
[~] # [~] # ls -la /opt/NVIDIA_GPU_DRV/usr/syslib
total 54344
drwxrwxrwx 2 1012 1012 4096 2017-06-14 22:43 ./
drwxrwxrwx 11 1012 1012 4096 2019-09-12 01:12 ../
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 150408 2017-06-14 22:32 libatk-1.0.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 193536 2017-06-14 22:33 libatk-bridge-2.0.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 198816 2017-06-14 22:34 libatspi.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 97024 2017-06-14 22:37 libboost_filesystem.so.1.58.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 14448 2017-06-14 22:35 libboost_system.so.1.58.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 60144 2017-03-21 18:16 libbsd.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 34896 2017-06-14 22:32 libcairo-gobject.so.2*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 1119664 2017-06-14 22:32 libcairo.so.2*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 110720 2017-03-22 00:22 libcrystalhd.so.3*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 26512 2017-06-14 22:37 libdatrie.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 212128 2017-03-21 18:15 libedit.so.2*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 88528 2017-03-21 01:37 libelf.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 943104 2017-03-21 01:37 libepoxy.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 31016 2017-03-21 01:37 libffi.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 30504 2017-03-21 01:37 libfontenc.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 678368 2017-06-14 22:39 libfreetype.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 866352 2017-06-14 22:31 libgdk-3.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 138640 2017-06-14 22:32 libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 1570760 2017-06-14 22:43 libgio-2.0.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 14624 2017-06-14 22:42 libgmodule-2.0.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 338984 2017-06-14 22:41 libgobject-2.0.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 7260896 2017-06-14 22:28 libgtk-3.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 93824 2017-03-23 01:45 libICE.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 32563440 2017-03-21 18:14 libLLVM-3.6.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 137400 2017-03-22 00:23 liblzma.so.5*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 542368 2017-06-14 22:34 libmirclient.so.9*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 253360 2017-06-14 22:35 libmircommon.so.5*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 371320 2017-06-14 22:35 libmirprotobuf.so.3*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 219288 2017-03-21 01:37 libnettle.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 319832 2017-06-14 22:33 libpango-1.0.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 52560 2017-06-14 22:31 libpangocairo-1.0.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 90184 2017-06-14 22:33 libpangoft2-1.0.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 39272 2017-03-21 01:41 libpciaccess.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 448440 2017-03-21 01:37 libpcre.so.3*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 706576 2017-03-21 01:37 libpixman-1.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 153944 2017-06-14 22:40 libpng12.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 199120 2017-06-14 22:36 libprotobuf-lite.so.9*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 138400 2017-03-21 01:37 libselinux.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 30960 2017-03-23 01:46 libSM.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 1566568 2017-03-21 01:37 libstdc++.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 36936 2017-06-14 22:34 libthai.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 122624 2017-03-21 01:37 libudev.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 56496 2017-03-21 01:37 libwayland-client.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 68912 2017-03-21 01:37 libwayland-server.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 1285552 2017-03-21 01:37 libX11.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 5992 2017-03-21 01:37 libX11-xcb.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 14456 2017-03-21 01:37 libXau.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 471808 2017-03-23 01:44 libXaw.so.7*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 18512 2017-03-21 01:37 libxcb-dri2.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 10336 2017-03-21 01:37 libxcb-dri3.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 100432 2017-03-21 01:37 libxcb-glx.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 10320 2017-03-21 01:37 libxcb-present.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 39008 2017-06-14 22:34 libxcb-render.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 14416 2017-03-22 00:21 libxcb-shape.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 133584 2017-03-21 01:37 libxcb.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 26736 2017-03-21 01:37 libxcb-sync.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 30800 2017-03-21 01:37 libxcb-xfixes.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 10232 2017-06-14 22:34 libXcomposite.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 10248 2017-03-21 01:37 libXdamage.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 22592 2017-03-21 01:37 libXdmcp.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 73640 2017-03-21 01:37 libXext.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 22584 2017-03-21 01:37 libXfixes.so.3*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 10376 2017-03-23 01:43 libXinerama.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 155880 2017-03-21 01:37 libxkbfile.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 102728 2017-03-23 01:44 libXmu.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 14448 2017-03-23 21:04 libXmuu.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 68360 2017-03-23 01:45 libXpm.so.4*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 10264 2017-03-21 01:37 libxshmfence.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 426320 2017-03-23 01:44 libXt.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 22784 2017-03-21 01:37 libXxf86vm.so.1*
[~] # ls -la /opt/NVIDIA_GPU_DRV/usr/bin
total 108048
drwxrwxrwx 2 1012 1012 4096 2019-09-12 01:15 ./
drwxrwxrwx 11 1012 1012 4096 2019-09-12 01:12 ../
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 138032 2019-09-12 01:03 avcenc*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 50864 2019-09-12 01:11 cvt*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 1012 1012 18441232 2019-09-12 01:15 ffmpeg*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 1012 1012 18326800 2019-09-12 01:15 ffplay*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 1012 1012 18342896 2019-09-12 01:15 ffprobe*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 42904 2019-09-12 01:11 gtf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 658320 2019-09-12 01:03 h264encode*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 114608 2019-09-12 01:03 jpegenc*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 3759 2019-09-12 01:11 koi8rxterm*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 103304 2019-09-12 01:03 loadjpeg*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 122448 2019-09-12 01:03 mpeg2vaenc*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 72248 2019-09-12 01:03 mpeg2vldemo*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 7430552 2017-09-08 02:56 mpv*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 27814 2019-05-09 00:22 nvidia-bug-report.sh*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 76888 2019-05-09 00:22 nvidia-cuda-mps-control*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 54024 2019-05-09 00:22 nvidia-cuda-mps-server*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 247760 2019-05-09 00:22 nvidia-debugdump*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 327312 2019-05-09 00:22 nvidia-installer*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 33936 2019-03-15 10:31 nvidia-modprobe*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 48096 2019-05-09 00:22 nvidia-persistenced*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 299336 2019-05-09 00:22 nvidia-settings*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 528288 2019-05-09 00:22 nvidia-smi*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 16 2019-12-13 12:46 nvidia-uninstall -> nvidia-installer*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 184888 2019-05-09 00:22 nvidia-xconfig*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 546648 2019-09-12 01:03 putsurface*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 552640 2019-09-12 01:03 putsurface_wayland*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 59392 2019-09-12 01:11 resize*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 4831008 2017-09-13 01:52 smplayer*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 5505 2019-09-12 01:11 startx*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 662592 2019-09-12 01:11 twm*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 3674 2019-09-12 01:11 uxterm*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 61952 2019-09-12 01:03 vainfo*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 4 2019-12-13 12:46 X -> Xorg*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 51168 2019-09-12 01:11 xinit*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 201568 2015-05-06 06:16 xkbcomp*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 14659 2019-09-12 01:11 xkeystone*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 9446856 2019-09-12 01:11 Xnest*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 13889168 2019-09-12 01:10 Xorg*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 228968 2019-09-12 01:11 xrandr*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 2167960 2019-09-12 01:11 xterm*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1012 1012 12160968 2019-09-12 01:11 Xvfb*
[~] #
Do you have all this?
[/share/Public] # ./PlexMediaServer-1.21.0.3608-f7262c352-x86_64.qpkg
Install QNAP package on TS-NAS...
./
./qpkg.cfg
./package_routines
./qinstall.sh
./built_info
4529+1 records in
4529+1 records out
112412753 bytes (107.2MB) copied, 0.242689 seconds, 441.7MB/s
109776+0 records in
109776+0 records out
112410624 bytes (107.2MB) copied, 0.242916 seconds, 441.3MB/s
PlexMediaServer 1.20.5 is already installed. Setup will now perform package upgrading.
Firmware check is fine.
Stopping Plex Media Server...
Link service start/stop script: plex.sh
Set QPKG information in /etc/config/qpkg.conf
Starting Plex Media Server...
[/share/Public] #
It is working with the GTX-1050.
I’m not sure what to tell you as I cannot reproduce what you see.
I can only suggest confirming the P2000 is actually working.
It might aid diagnosis by manually forcing the Nvidia GPU with HardwareDevicePath=/dev/dri/renderD129
added to Preferences.xml
Here is the result of the commands
gpuhal_app -l
0:Intel Corporation:UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop):internal:2
1:NVIDIA Corporation:GP106GL [Quadro P2000]:external:7
[~] # gpuhal_app -s 1
active_status=2,real_status=2,driverqpkg=NVIDIA_GPU_DRV,driver_installed=1,in_used=none,transcode=1,display=1,pcie_slot=1,pcie_vp=1,va_type=none
[~] # /sbin/getcfg NVIDIA_GPU_DRV Install_Path -f /etc/config/qpkg.conf
/share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/NVIDIA_GPU_DRV
[~] # ls -la /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/NVIDIA_GPU_DRV/
total 628
drwxrwxr-x 7 1015 1015 4096 2020-11-19 18:25 ./
drwxrwxrwx 14 admin administrators 4096 2020-11-20 15:47 ../
drwxrwxrwx 10 1015 1015 4096 2019-12-11 03:09 cuda-10.2/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1015 1015 418 2020-05-25 05:10 driver-env.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1015 1015 0 2020-05-25 05:10 .gitkeep
-rw-r--r-- 1 admin administrators 576555 2020-11-19 18:25 .list
drwxrwxr-x 2 1015 1015 4096 2020-05-25 05:10 NCfiles/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1015 1015 3557 2020-05-25 05:10 NVIDIA_GPU_DRV_64.gif
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1015 1015 2967 2020-05-25 05:10 NVIDIA_GPU_DRV_64_gray.gif
-rwxr-xr-x 1 1015 1015 10304 2020-05-25 05:10 NVIDIA_GPU_DRV.sh*
-rwxrwxr-x 1 1015 1015 1923 2020-05-25 05:10 NVIDIA_REMOVE.sh*
drwxr-xr-x 2 admin administrators 4096 2020-07-29 06:00 .qcodesigning/
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administrators 925 2020-11-19 18:25 .uninstall.sh*
drwxrwxrwx 11 1015 1015 4096 2020-05-25 04:50 usr/
-rwxrwxr-x 1 1015 1015 7 2020-05-25 05:10 version*
drwxrwxr-x 3 1015 1015 4096 2020-05-25 05:10 web/
[~] # cat /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/NVIDIA_GPU_DRV/driver-env.sh
CONF=/etc/config/qpkg.conf
QPKG_NAME="NVIDIA_GPU_DRV"
QPKG_ROOT=`/sbin/getcfg $QPKG_NAME Install_Path -f ${CONF}`
DRIVER_ROOT=/opt/${QPKG_NAME}
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda/lib64:${DRIVER_ROOT}/usr/syslib:${DRIVER_ROOT}/usr/lib:${DRIVER_ROOT}/usr/applib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH >> /root/.profile
export PATH=${DRIVER_ROOT}/usr/bin:/usr/local/cuda/bin:$PATH >> /root/.profile
export DISPLAY=":0" >> /root/.profile
[~] # ls -la /opt/NVIDIA_GPU_DRV/usr/syslib
total 54344
drwxrwxrwx 2 1015 1015 4096 2017-06-15 01:43 ./
drwxrwxrwx 11 1015 1015 4096 2020-05-25 04:50 ../
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 150408 2017-06-15 01:32 libatk-1.0.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 193536 2017-06-15 01:33 libatk-bridge-2.0.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 198816 2017-06-15 01:34 libatspi.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 97024 2017-06-15 01:37 libboost_filesystem.so.1.58.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 14448 2017-06-15 01:35 libboost_system.so.1.58.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 60144 2017-03-21 21:16 libbsd.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 34896 2017-06-15 01:32 libcairo-gobject.so.2*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 1119664 2017-06-15 01:32 libcairo.so.2*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 110720 2017-03-22 03:22 libcrystalhd.so.3*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 26512 2017-06-15 01:37 libdatrie.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 212128 2017-03-21 21:15 libedit.so.2*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 88528 2017-03-21 04:37 libelf.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 943104 2017-03-21 04:37 libepoxy.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 31016 2017-03-21 04:37 libffi.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 30504 2017-03-21 04:37 libfontenc.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 678368 2017-06-15 01:39 libfreetype.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 866352 2017-06-15 01:31 libgdk-3.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 138640 2017-06-15 01:32 libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 1570760 2017-06-15 01:43 libgio-2.0.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 14624 2017-06-15 01:42 libgmodule-2.0.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 338984 2017-06-15 01:41 libgobject-2.0.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 7260896 2017-06-15 01:28 libgtk-3.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 93824 2017-03-23 04:45 libICE.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 32563440 2017-03-21 21:14 libLLVM-3.6.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 137400 2017-03-22 03:23 liblzma.so.5*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 542368 2017-06-15 01:34 libmirclient.so.9*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 253360 2017-06-15 01:35 libmircommon.so.5*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 371320 2017-06-15 01:35 libmirprotobuf.so.3*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 219288 2017-03-21 04:37 libnettle.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 319832 2017-06-15 01:33 libpango-1.0.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 52560 2017-06-15 01:31 libpangocairo-1.0.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 90184 2017-06-15 01:33 libpangoft2-1.0.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 39272 2017-03-21 04:41 libpciaccess.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 448440 2017-03-21 04:37 libpcre.so.3*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 706576 2017-03-21 04:37 libpixman-1.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 153944 2017-06-15 01:40 libpng12.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 199120 2017-06-15 01:36 libprotobuf-lite.so.9*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 138400 2017-03-21 04:37 libselinux.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 30960 2017-03-23 04:46 libSM.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 1566568 2017-03-21 04:37 libstdc++.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 36936 2017-06-15 01:34 libthai.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 122624 2017-03-21 04:37 libudev.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 56496 2017-03-21 04:37 libwayland-client.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 68912 2017-03-21 04:37 libwayland-server.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 1285552 2017-03-21 04:37 libX11.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 5992 2017-03-21 04:37 libX11-xcb.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 14456 2017-03-21 04:37 libXau.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 471808 2017-03-23 04:44 libXaw.so.7*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 18512 2017-03-21 04:37 libxcb-dri2.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 10336 2017-03-21 04:37 libxcb-dri3.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 100432 2017-03-21 04:37 libxcb-glx.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 10320 2017-03-21 04:37 libxcb-present.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 39008 2017-06-15 01:34 libxcb-render.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 14416 2017-03-22 03:21 libxcb-shape.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 133584 2017-03-21 04:37 libxcb.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 26736 2017-03-21 04:37 libxcb-sync.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 30800 2017-03-21 04:37 libxcb-xfixes.so.0*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 10232 2017-06-15 01:34 libXcomposite.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 10248 2017-03-21 04:37 libXdamage.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 22592 2017-03-21 04:37 libXdmcp.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 73640 2017-03-21 04:37 libXext.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 22584 2017-03-21 04:37 libXfixes.so.3*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 10376 2017-03-23 04:43 libXinerama.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 155880 2017-03-21 04:37 libxkbfile.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 102728 2017-03-23 04:44 libXmu.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 14448 2017-03-24 00:04 libXmuu.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 68360 2017-03-23 04:45 libXpm.so.4*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 10264 2017-03-21 04:37 libxshmfence.so.1*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 426320 2017-03-23 04:44 libXt.so.6*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 22784 2017-03-21 04:37 libXxf86vm.so.1*
[~] # ls -la /opt/NVIDIA_GPU_DRV/usr/bin
total 108100
drwxrwxrwx 2 1015 1015 4096 2020-05-25 05:03 ./
drwxrwxrwx 11 1015 1015 4096 2020-05-25 04:50 ../
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 138032 2020-05-25 04:41 avcenc*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 50864 2020-05-25 04:48 cvt*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 1015 1015 18441232 2020-05-25 05:03 ffmpeg*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 1015 1015 18326800 2020-05-25 05:03 ffplay*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 1015 1015 18346992 2020-05-25 05:03 ffprobe*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 42904 2020-05-25 04:48 gtf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 658328 2020-05-25 04:41 h264encode*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 114608 2020-05-25 04:41 jpegenc*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 3759 2020-05-25 04:48 koi8rxterm*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 103304 2020-05-25 04:41 loadjpeg*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 122456 2020-05-25 04:41 mpeg2vaenc*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 72248 2020-05-25 04:41 mpeg2vldemo*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 7430552 2017-09-08 05:56 mpv*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 31256 2020-05-21 23:15 nvidia-bug-report.sh*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 75880 2020-05-21 23:15 nvidia-cuda-mps-control*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 57080 2020-05-21 23:15 nvidia-cuda-mps-server*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 250224 2020-05-21 23:15 nvidia-debugdump*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 351792 2020-05-21 23:15 nvidia-installer*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 33928 2020-04-01 15:38 nvidia-modprobe*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 48096 2020-05-21 23:15 nvidia-persistenced*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 307464 2020-05-21 23:15 nvidia-settings*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 533920 2020-05-21 23:15 nvidia-smi*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 16 2020-11-19 18:25 nvidia-uninstall -> nvidia-installer*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 184888 2020-05-21 23:15 nvidia-xconfig*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 546648 2020-05-25 04:41 putsurface*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 552640 2020-05-25 04:41 putsurface_wayland*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 59392 2020-05-25 04:48 resize*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 4831008 2017-09-13 04:52 smplayer*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 5505 2020-05-25 04:48 startx*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 662592 2020-05-25 04:49 twm*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 3674 2020-05-25 04:48 uxterm*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 61952 2020-05-25 04:41 vainfo*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 4 2020-11-19 18:25 X -> Xorg*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 51168 2020-05-25 04:48 xinit*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 201568 2015-05-06 09:16 xkbcomp*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 14659 2020-05-25 04:49 xkeystone*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 9446872 2020-05-25 04:48 Xnest*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 13889200 2020-05-25 04:48 Xorg*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 228968 2020-05-25 04:49 xrandr*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 2167960 2020-05-25 04:48 xterm*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 1015 1015 12160984 2020-05-25 04:48 Xvfb*
[~] #
I don’t fully understand the meaning of the second block of your text, if you could explain.
It might aid diagnosis by manually forcing the Nvidia GPU with HardwareDevicePath=/dev/dri/renderD129 added to Preferences.xml
edit: This seems to have done the trick, i now see GPU usage when transcoding is occuring. Thank you!
One last question, i’m still fairly new to plex so this might be totally normal, i still see slight CPU usage when the transcoding occurs(GPU jumps to 19% while the buffer is filled and CPU usage raises about 5-10%) is this normal behavior?
ChuckPa
November 21, 2020, 5:31am
8
If you look in /dev/dri
at the shell, you’ll likely see two render
files.
/dev/dri/renderD128
is the QSV GPU in your CPU.
/dev/dri/renderD129
will be the Nvidia GPU card.
To demonstrate:
This is from the TS-877 (AMD CPU) which has no hardware transcoding support.
The GTX-1050, with drivers, is presented as:
[~] # ls -la /dev/dri
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 admin administrators 80 2020-11-03 07:44 ./
drwxr-xr-x 15 admin administrators 20140 2020-11-03 08:14 ../
crw------- 1 admin administrators 226, 0 2020-11-03 07:44 card0
crw------- 1 admin administrators 226, 128 2020-11-03 07:44 renderD128
[~] #
If you have both renderD128
and renderD129
then we have verified the card is being seen.
By editing Preferences.xml
(you can do this with using the QNAP text editor if you wish through PlexData/Plex Media Server/Preferences.xml
(with PMS stopped) , adding HardwareDevicePath="/dev/dri/renderD129"
before the closing />
in the file.
What we’re doing is telling the transcoder to specifically look at that device and not the QSV ASIC in your CPU.
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ls -la /dev/dri
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 admin administrators 120 2020-11-20 23:45 ./
drwxr-xr-x 15 admin administrators 21580 2020-11-21 00:25 ../
crw------- 1 admin administrators 226, 0 2020-11-20 18:39 card0
crw------- 1 admin administrators 226, 1 2020-11-20 23:45 card1
crw------- 1 admin administrators 226, 128 2020-11-20 18:39 renderD128
crw------- 1 admin administrators 226, 129 2020-11-20 23:45 renderD129
Manually forcing seemed to do the trick, i now see GPU usage in transcodes. Thank you!
My last question being, when transcoding it seems the CPU usage goes up 5-10% and the GPU to 19% while filling the buffer, is this normal in that it splits the workload between the two? I’m still fairly new to plex. I’m not bothered if it is, just curious.
ChuckPa
November 21, 2020, 6:04am
10
The CPU will handle all the packetizing and actual sending of the media.
It will also do the audio conversions as needed.
If you have subtitles, they will be burned by the CPU not the GPU.
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