QNAP TS-1677X Plex transcode support?

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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Will there or is there support for Plex transcode in hardware on the TS-1677X? Or any other Ryzen based NAS models from QNAP?

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When I added external GPU support for the QNAP systems (using the QNAP driver pack), I added the ability to support AMD systems as well.

I do not know if/when Engineering is planning to add AMD support as this entails adding MESA support.

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@CiASpook As long as you have an NVIDIA based GPU card installed in your 1677x, you should be fine. After that is installed, you then need to install the Nvidia Driver QPKG and set the card to QTS mode under Control Panel > Hardware.

HW Transcoding has been working on my TS-877 Ryzen box for a while now.

Plex still has some work though to do on the FFMPEG version they are using to fully enable HW encoding/decoding support for the Nvidia boards.

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So if I add a nVidia GT 1030, or higher, I will get transcode (encode/decode) hw acceleraton and cpu offload the same way as I get with my Intel i7-7700 in my TVS-1282T3?

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The 1030 does not support encoding.
See Nvidia Encode/Decode Matrix.

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Yeah I noticed there was another thread about the exact same questions but for another model. I think I got the info I needed.

Guess I will wait for:

  1. QNAP and Plex get AMD GPU support for transcoding
  2. QNAP releases a 10 or 12 3,5" bay NAS with a 8th or 9th gen Intel Core i5/i7/i9 CPU
  3. Just get a GTX 1050 for the TS-1677X
  4. Get a Asusstore AS7010T or another brand
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I would go with option 3. GTX 10x0 series card should be relatively cheap at this point with the 20x0 series out. I am running a 1060 6gb card in mine.

Wouldn’t count on Qnap making option 1 happen, as AMD doesn’t have a great track record with unified drivers and Linux support. Also they are playing catch-up in the AI space which is another focus area for Qnap.

Qnap may at some point make option 2 happen but no idea how quickly.

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It looks like the GTX 1660 is the way to go for support, does the nVidia driver pack support Turing cards? I don’t see any listed when I look at the GPGPU list on QNAPs site.

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Likely will depend on what Nvidia driver version is required for Turing support.

For QTS 4.3.x, you are using Nvidia version 380’ish which I am pretty sure doesn’t support Turing.

The new QTS 4.4.1 beta upgrades the Nvidia driver version to 410.78.

So if Turing support needs newer than Nvidia driver 410.78, then you are out of luck right now. Also Turing functionality is kind of useless for most GPU uses in a NAS :slight_smile:

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Thanks, I’m on 4.4.1 currently but it looks like nvidia added support for the 1660 Ti with 418.43.

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