# Transcoding 4K streams on linux **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-linux\ **Created:** [September 29, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949 "2022-09-29T20:19:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wjw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@wjw](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wjw)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949/1 "2022-09-29T20:19:37Z")
Server Version#: 1.29.0.6244 Player Version#: 1.29.0.6244 All the discussions around this seem quite old. I’ve been running plex in a VM on an Optiplex 7050 running a Core i7-7700 (QC/8MB/8T/ 3.6GHz/65W) for about 4 years. Overtime I’ve had to make changes for it to keep up, like using a ramdisk for transcoding and moving the entire VM to SSD. Now my question since 4K came along it can’t keep up with transcoding. I’ve rebuilt it so that its native on the same hardware but its still not keeping up. I’ve checked out the logs and the speed will be fine for a little while (between 1.1 and 1.3) then it will drop back to 0.0 for 500ms or so. This is causing the playback to pause. I’ve increased the number of seconds in the transcode buffer but i doesnt seem to have helped. The dashboard shows the CPU load running at about 63%, top showsing between 500-550% load average: 5.45, 6.07, 5.76 I dont have hardware accelaration. I’m looking for a second opinion before I start looking at new hardware. TIA! ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949/2 "2022-09-29T20:32:47Z")
First, the obvious. 1. You don’t need new hardware. 2. I have a QNAP TVS-1282-i7-7700 and it’s flawless with everything running the native package. 3. The i7-7700 has all the hardware acceleration capability we need for 2160p UHD HDR → SDR tone mapping. Perhaps you can make certain DEBUG logging is enabled and capture how it doesn’t keep up / fails and also include a screenshot of the activity page (upper right corner arrow) ---
**Author:** ![wjw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@wjw](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wjw)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949/3 "2022-09-29T20:55:46Z")
Thats good news 🙂 With the log file, probably best to start from the bottom up. ![1. Now Playing](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/a/6/2/a621475cbc7d97bcaeebe2f49635b25979b9ece5.png) ![2. Bandwidth and CPU](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/b/e/8/be84a4d7b7838a79a84fd43664ff10302ada1b18.png) [Plex-Media-Server.log](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/m4uhSHaEHRmaKRLAFebvMNxIe8r.log) (2.5 MB) [edit] Replying to myself, maybe I need to install the Intel GPU drivers, rather than using the built-in Ubuntu ones? ---
**Author:** ![wjw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@wjw](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wjw)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949/4 "2022-09-29T21:34:05Z")
ok so, hardware accelaration isnt working. I’ve been googling and installed “intel-media-va-driver”. intel\_gpu\_top shows no activity across all engines… ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949/5 "2022-09-29T22:16:32Z")
@wjw The log you provided shows it working. ```auto Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.240 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] Starting a transcode session bbs74kjyw4gih2h29bchfpi1 at offset -1.0 (state=3) Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.241 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] TPU: hardware transcoding: using hardware decode accelerator vaapi Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.241 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] TPU: hardware transcoding: zero-copy support present Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.241 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] TPU: hardware transcoding: using zero-copy transcoding Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.241 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] INFO - [Req#1bf/Transcode] CodecManager: starting EAE at "/tmp/pms-822f37f9-dc30-4b43-b7e4-3e0ddfd841e6/EasyAudioEncoder" Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.241 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode/JobRunner] Job running: "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Codecs/EasyAudioEncoder-1785-linux-x86_64/EasyAudioEncoder/EasyAudioEncoder" Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.241 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode/JobRunner] Jobs: Starting child process with pid 4465 Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.241 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [Universal] Using local file path instead of URL: /media/nas12-media2/new/Luck.2022.HDR.2160p.WEB.h265-KOGi/Luck.2022.HDR.2160p.WEB.h265-KOGi.mkv Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.241 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] Codecs: hardware transcoding: testing API vaapi Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x41524742 -> bgra. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x42475241 -> argb. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x41424752 -> rgba. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x52474241 -> abgr. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x58524742 -> bgr0. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x42475258 -> 0rgb. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x58424752 -> rgb0. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x52474258 -> 0bgr. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x30335241 -> unknown. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x30334241 -> unknown. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x30335258 -> x2rgb10le. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x30334258 -> unknown. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x36314752 -> unknown. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x50424752 -> unknown. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x50524742 -> unknown. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x56555941 -> unknown. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x30303859 -> gray. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x3231564e -> nv12. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x3132564e -> unknown. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x32595559 -> yuyv422. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x59565955 -> uyvy422. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x32315659 -> yuv420p. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x30323449 -> yuv420p. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x50313134 -> yuv411p. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x48323234 -> yuv422p. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x56323234 -> yuv440p. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x50343434 -> yuv444p. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x33434d49 -> unknown. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Format 0x30313050 -> p010le. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Created surface 0. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.242 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] [FFMPEG] - Direct mapping possible. Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.243 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] TPU: hardware transcoding: final decoder: vaapi, final encoder: vaapi Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.243 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode/JobRunner] Job running: EAE_ROOT=/tmp/pms-822f37f9-dc30-4b43-b7e4-3e0ddfd841e6/EasyAudioEncoder EnableExtendedVaFormats=1 FFMPEG_EXTERNAL_LIBS='/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application\ Support/Plex\ Media\ Server/Codecs/c4efa15-4369-linux-x86_64/' LIBVA_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/lib/dri NEOReadDebugKeys=1 X_PLEX_TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Transcoder" -codec:0 hevc -hwaccel:0 vaapi -hwaccel_fallback_threshold:0 10 -hwaccel_output_format:0 vaapi -hwaccel_device:0 vaapi -codec:1 eac3_eae -eae_prefix:1 bbs74kjyw4gih2h29bchfpi1_ -analyzeduration 20000000 -probesize 20000000 -i /media/nas12-media2/new/Luck.2022.HDR.2160p.WEB.h265-KOGi/Luck.2022.HDR.2160p.WEB.h265-KOGi.mkv -filter_complex "[0:0]hwupload[0];[0]scale_vaapi=w=2368:h=1280:format=p010[1];[1]hwmap=derive_device=opencl[2];[2]tonemap_opencl=tonemap=mobius:format=nv12:m=bt709:p=bt709:r=tv[3];[3]hwmap=derive_device=vaapi:reverse=1[4];[4]hwupload[5]" -map "[5]" -metadata:s:0 language=eng -codec:0 h264_vaapi -b:0 20000k -r:0 23.975999999999999 -force_key_frames:0 "expr:gte(t,n_forced*3)" -filter_complex "[0:1] aresample=async=1:ocl='stereo':rematrix_maxval=0.000000dB:osr=48000[6]" -map "[6]" -metadata:s:1 language=eng -codec:1 aac -b:1 256k -f dash -seg_duration 3 -dash_segment_type mp4 -init_seg_name 'init-stream$RepresentationID$.m4s' -media_seg_name 'chunk-stream$RepresentationID$-$Number%05d$.m4s' -window_size 5 -delete_removed false -skip_to_segment 1 -time_delta 0.0625 -manifest_name "http://127.0.0.1:32400/video/:/transcode/session/bbs74kjyw4gih2h29bchfpi1/d7bf8245-75ef-49fa-a440-b8379c9c2f14/manifest?X-Plex-Http-Pipeline=infinite" -avoid_negative_ts disabled -map_metadata -1 -map_chapters -1 dash -start_at_zero -copyts -vsync cfr -init_hw_device vaapi=vaapi: -filter_hw_device vaapi -y -nostats -loglevel quiet -loglevel_plex error -progressurl http://127.0.0.1:32400/video/:/transcode/session/bbs74kjyw4gih2h29bchfpi1/d7bf8245-75ef-49fa-a440-b8379c9c2f14/progress Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.243 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode/JobRunner] Jobs: Starting child process with pid 4466 ``` > Sep 29, 2022 20:41:12.243 [0x7efbfc5cfb00] DEBUG - [Req#1bf/Transcode] TPU: hardware transcoding: final decoder: vaapi, final encoder: vaapi Just to double check, Confirm the “Use hardware acceleration when available” option is set in Settings - Server - Transcoder - Show Advanced . All indications in your logs say it is working. ---
**Author:** ![wjw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@wjw](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wjw)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949/6 "2022-09-29T22:32:55Z")
> [@ChuckPa](#): > > Just to double check, Confirm the “Use hardware acceleration when available” option is set in Settings - Server - Transcoder - Show Advanced . yes, thats is ticked. ---
**Author:** ![wjw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@wjw](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wjw)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949/7 "2022-09-29T22:38:36Z")
Testing the speed to the NAS with a file copy, looks ok 🙂 ![tcptrack](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/e/5/6/e56acdb290eb94bc7ceb5900a06026e81bfb4d96.png) I tried copying a 4k movie to the local SSD just in case and that had the same problem. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949/8 "2022-09-29T22:49:59Z")
I think I’m missing something here. 1. We can see where PMS is transcoding and tonemapping in hardware 2. You’re showing a 60% CPU load. Here is an i7-7700 (default clock rate) ![Screenshot from 2022-09-29 18-47-14](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/e/7/b/e7b20878686981b9bb301335a5743b445fb467cd.png) Transcoding Gemini Man (59.94 FPS 87 Mbps average) ![Screenshot from 2022-09-29 18-48-10](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/9/9/8/9983777e5d8246c965222dfcdb8239cd905a173f.jpeg) You have an i7-7700T which is clocking unlocked. Absolute silly question – Did the clock get turned down? ---
**Author:** ![wjw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@wjw](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wjw)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949/9 "2022-09-29T22:56:43Z")
no, but your screenshot shows “Transcode (hw)”, mine shows “Transcode” that was what suggested to me that harware transcoding wasnt working, after reading this: [https://support.plex.tv/articles/115002178853-using-hardware-accelerated-streaming/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/115002178853-using-hardware-accelerated-streaming/) Intresting bandwidth graph too, yours is steady then spikes, mine completely drops off [edit] Checked the bios, looks good, its an i7-7700T. I changed the Video from Auto to force the Intel HD graphics. Still the same result ☹ Made some more changes, Disabled Intel SpeedStep and made sure TurboBoost was enabled in the Bios and OS. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949/10 "2022-09-29T23:48:48Z")
Please confirm for me the contents of `/dev/dri` PMS is telling me `VAAPI` so it’s there. ```auto [~] # ls -la /dev/dri total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 admin administrators 80 2022-09-29 06:27 ./ drwxr-xr-x 17 admin administrators 21580 2022-09-29 18:46 ../ crw------- 1 admin administrators 226, 0 2022-09-29 06:27 card0 crw------- 1 admin administrators 226, 128 2022-09-29 06:27 renderD128 [~] # ``` With PMS completely idle / stopped, are you still showing ```auto load average: 5.45, 6.07, 5.76 ``` and top of 500-600% on something ? If so, what is it? What is it showing? ---
**Author:** ![wjw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@wjw](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wjw)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949/11 "2022-09-30T00:09:22Z")
root@plex:/home/billw# ls -l /dev/dri total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Sep 29 23:26 by-path crw-rw---- 1 root render 226, 0 Sep 29 23:26 card0 crw-rw---- 1 root render 226, 128 Sep 29 23:20 renderD128 If it wasn’t for plex updating metadata it would be idling ![Plex-CPU](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/3/d/e/3de7b1a09bb34275b145c4a6e837040cc497ce82.png) This is what top shows when playing: ![Plex-CPU-Transcoding](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/c/3/0/c30703d7b04833be91cc3ac0025fa8c6c9cfcbc4.png) ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949/12 "2022-09-30T00:12:05Z")
Ok… when you see 500% when playing, that’s everything being done in software. When I test, I confirm the loads and that’s what I see. Confirm this please. ```auto [chuck@lizum ~.2001]$ groups plex plex : plex video render [chuck@lizum ~.2002]$ ``` Also, `cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name' | uniq` ---
**Author:** ![wjw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@wjw](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wjw)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949/13 "2022-09-30T00:42:59Z")
root@plex:/etc/default# groups plex plex : plex video render model name : Intel(R) Core™ i7-7700T CPU @ 2.90GHz ---
**Author:** ![wjw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@wjw](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wjw)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949/14 "2022-09-30T00:59:24Z")
Replying to myself 🙂 after quite a bit more reading and some more testing: ![Plex-Codec-Transcoding](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/7/e/0/7e0617576b74cc91faeaddb1d34587d79ad1a7cc.png) It doesnt seem to want to transcode the 4K codec in hardware ☹ Working on the 1080 codec: ![GPU](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/5/4/2/542f750b8f4328ccc20aef0d2c193ac7faaffafd.png) At last it proves that Plex can use the hardware and that side of it is working. The CPU should support 4K HEVC 10: ![Fixed-function Quick Sync Video format support](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/7/1/8/7184378e6219006973a4db68fb58303b681c33a7.png) ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949/15 "2022-09-30T01:11:13Z")
The cpu does support 2160p. I am started to get concerned about the motherboard. I am now grasping at straws 1. Stop plex 2. Open a terminal window 3. `cd '/var/lib/plemediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Codecs'` 4. Remove everything in there EXCEPT the `.device_id` file 5. Start Plex again 6. Retry your transcodes What will happen: As each codec is needed again, it will download fresh. This will add a few extra seconds to the first-start time. ---
**Author:** ![wjw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@wjw](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wjw)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949/16 "2022-09-30T01:29:18Z")
_sigh_ ok done: root@plex:/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Codecs# ls .\* .device-id ![sadface](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/c/8/b/c8b0260e0a02ef486f7a185b4578594029ff0b44.png) Same again ☹ just found this… > **[My PLEX setup - Media players](https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/9kpy1y81)** > > This is a post to hopefully help others, and to remind myself if I ever need to change something and revisit my current PLEX setup. It's nothing fancy, and can which suggests it should work… There is a two point (1.21 vs 1.19) bios revision available so I’m updating it. ---
**Author:** ![wjw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@wjw](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wjw)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949/17 "2022-09-30T21:26:22Z")
Update done, no change, is it worth me trying the beta? ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949/18 "2022-09-30T22:03:23Z")
Go for it. I’m starting to get ready to hand you a 💣 to put under the server box. ---
**Author:** ![wjw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@wjw](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wjw)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949/19 "2022-09-30T23:37:11Z")
> [@ChuckPa](#): > > you a PlexMediaServer install: PlexMediaServer-1.29.1.6260-420892357 - Installation starting. PlexMediaServer install: PlexMediaServer install: Now installing based on: PlexMediaServer install: Installation Type: Update PlexMediaServer install: Process Control: systemd PlexMediaServer install: Plex User: plex PlexMediaServer install: Plex Group: plex PlexMediaServer install: Video Group: render PlexMediaServer install: Metadata Dir: /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support PlexMediaServer install: Temp Directory: /media/ramdisk (set in Preferences.xml) PlexMediaServer install: Lang Encoding: en\_US.UTF-8 PlexMediaServer install: Processor: Intel(R) Core™ i7-7700T CPU @ 2.90GHz PlexMediaServer install: Intel i915 Hardware: Found PlexMediaServer install: Nvidia GPU card: Not Found PlexMediaServer install: PlexMediaServer install: Completing final configuration. PlexMediaServer install: Starting Plex Media Server. PlexMediaServer install: PlexMediaServer-1.29.1.6260-420892357 - Installation successful. Errors: 0, Warnings: 0 ---
**Author:** ![wjw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@wjw](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wjw)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949/20 "2022-09-30T23:38:17Z")
![HW working](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/3/0/9/309fced7dbd29c3402e873e4e78744bf03f60a54.png) That fixed it… [Next page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-4k-streams-on-linux/812949.md?page=2)