# Setting up nvidia transcoding on unraid official plex docker **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-docker\ **Created:** [April 8, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/setting-up-nvidia-transcoding-on-unraid-official-plex-docker/937819 "2026-04-08T16:20:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![marklight](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/marklight/32/190_2.png) [@marklight](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marklight)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/setting-up-nvidia-transcoding-on-unraid-official-plex-docker/937819/1 "2026-04-08T16:20:11Z")
Are there any specific parameters I have to setup to enable nvidia transcoding on plex official unraid docker? I had been using intel quick sync but for some reason it’s not working. for quick sync i had extra parameters set (–device=/dev/dri). I also have an nvidia quadro in my system. would like to switch to using that for plex but I’m not sure what parameters i have to add. ( I have the nvidia gpu driver installed and have been using the quadro just fine with tdarr) EDIT: found a thread that you have to add –runtime=nvidia to extra parameters. Then add variable with key: NVIDIA\_VISIVBLE\_DEVICES and add your gpu value. And then add another variable with key NVIDIA\_DRIVER\_CAPABILITIES and value all. I did the above but still not getting it to transcode. My quadro even shows up as an option in PMS for HW transcoding. . On PMS version: 1.43.1.10576 Looks like there’s another thread with a bunch of people also experiencing transcoding issues. I was trying to use my nvidia quadro because the intel quick sync wasn’t working…. but maybe it’s just more of a server issue with the entire HW transcoding ---
**Author:** ![marklight](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/marklight/32/190_2.png) [@marklight](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marklight)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/setting-up-nvidia-transcoding-on-unraid-official-plex-docker/937819/2 "2026-04-08T18:08:33Z")
#### 1.43.1.10576 as well. Can’t get quick sync i3 (8300) or nvidia transcode (quadro) to work. on Unraid. My quadro card shows up an as option for HW transcode in PMS. ---
**Author:** ![Atomatth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/atomatth/32/314355_2.png) [@Atomatth](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Atomatth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/setting-up-nvidia-transcoding-on-unraid-official-plex-docker/937819/3 "2026-04-08T18:28:24Z")
@marklight Please do the following; 1. Confirm server [DEBUG logging](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201643703-reporting-issues-with-plex-media-server/#toc-1) is enabled, VERBOSE logging is disabled. SAVE if changes. 2. Restart PMS 3. Give it two minutes to start and stabilize 4. Start a playback which shows the issue 5. Let it play for 20 seconds 6. Stop the playback 7. Download the [server logs](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/) 8. Attach the logs so I may see them. ---
**Author:** ![marklight](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/marklight/32/190_2.png) [@marklight](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marklight)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/setting-up-nvidia-transcoding-on-unraid-official-plex-docker/937819/4 "2026-04-08T20:17:31Z")
[Plex Media Server Logs\_2026-04-08\_16-13-34.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/2j8WjvonKTHR8FRIXcYWp1w2sPy.zip) (3.5 MB) @Atomatth Still not getting HW transcoding ![3](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/6/b/e/6be66c9388702b1a892dc7102ab6f19f76b7a2bb.jpeg) ![1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/5/1/4/514143fe4f9bfa4b4a2ef81c27b015b774ff17e4.png) ---
**Author:** ![Atomatth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/atomatth/32/314355_2.png) [@Atomatth](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Atomatth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/setting-up-nvidia-transcoding-on-unraid-official-plex-docker/937819/5 "2026-04-08T21:23:50Z")
Looks like your issue is different than this thread. I’m going to move your posts into their own thread. > Apr 08, 2026 16:12:51.774 [23003225385784] ERROR - [Req#222/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Cannot load libcuda.so.1 > Apr 08, 2026 16:12:51.774 [23003225385784] ERROR - [Req#222/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Could not dynamically load CUDA > Apr 08, 2026 16:12:51.774 [23003225385784] DEBUG - [Req#222/Transcode] Codecs: hardware transcoding: opening hw device failed - probably not supported by this system, error: Operation not permitted @marklight can you repeat steps I called out above but select the Intel device? Capture the logs just like before and share them, please. Can you also share the rest of your docker config options? ---
**Author:** ![marklight](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/marklight/32/190_2.png) [@marklight](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marklight)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 11:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/setting-up-nvidia-transcoding-on-unraid-official-plex-docker/937819/6 "2026-04-08T23:33:11Z")
@Atomatth ![1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/1/f/7/1f75928e127dfb0ec9252103a086fd3d87868066.png) This was the rest of my nvidia setup. I don’t see the option to select the intel device. just auto or the nvidia device. so i set it back to auto. Then i redid my docker config. removed the nvidia parameters and the two other nvidia specific settings. added the dev/dri settings in the docker and tried again. I have Tdarr set up and it works just fine with the nvidia quadro. ![2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/9/9/b/99b9b3fd1623038fe63a2befc96155cf14ae6e35.png) ![3](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/6/9/1/691c98fc3da22ec14a8a0d390763e56a1bfc3bbb.png) [Plex Media Server Logs\_2026-04-08\_19-31-33.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/l12FcKtI2CkbvvpHXIPOQbEtDJK.zip) (4.0 MB) ---
**Author:** ![aceves83](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@aceves83](https://forums.plex.tv/u/aceves83)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 6:34am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/setting-up-nvidia-transcoding-on-unraid-official-plex-docker/937819/7 "2026-05-10T06:34:28Z")
@marklight Did you find a solution? I’m also having issues with transcoding with Nvidia GPU and the logs showed similar errors: > May 10, 2026 00:05:21.196 [22891381103416] WARN - [Req#76/PhotoTranscoder/Req#7a] QueryParser: Invalid field ‘having’ found, ignoring. > > May 10, 2026 00:05:22.845 [22891387431736] WARN - [Req#8c/PhotoTranscoder/Req#90] QueryParser: Invalid field ‘having’ found, ignoring. > > May 10, 2026 00:05:48.492 [22891397815096] ERROR - [Req#c7/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Cannot load libcuda.so.1 > > May 10, 2026 00:05:48.492 [22891397815096] ERROR - [Req#c7/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Could not dynamically load CUDA > > May 10, 2026 00:05:48.495 [22891397815096] ERROR - [Req#c7/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Cannot load libcuda.so.1 > > May 10, 2026 00:05:48.495 [22891397815096] ERROR - [Req#c7/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Could not dynamically load CUDA > > May 10, 2026 00:05:48.499 [22891397815096] ERROR - [Req#c7/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Cannot load libcuda.so.1 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 6:35am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/setting-up-nvidia-transcoding-on-unraid-official-plex-docker/937819/8 "2026-08-08T06:35:17Z")
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