Trying to get nvidia hardware transcoding working

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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Been getting some complaints from friends and what not that occasionally they will get the message that the server isn’t fast enough to keep up with whatever. After I get 6+ transcodes going it is definitely working the processor hard. I had a gtx1060 laying around so I have thrown that into my CentOS6 box that runs PMS(1.13.4.5251). I’ve run the latest nvidia drivers NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.77 and enabled hardware decoding but it doesn’t seem to be working. The first remote person I had test it said it just spun and spun saying buffering and I never saw it actually kick off in the now playing screen. I played a few things here but everything direct streamed even when I tried to force transcoding.

Where do I start troubleshooting this?

Plex Media Server Logs_2018-07-19_11-20-24.zip (96.0 KB)

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nVidia has limitations based on the card model about how many transcodes it will do.
Also be advised, Plex doesn’t support off-cpu hardware transcoding in Linux at this time.
It’s up to you to integrate all the libva and other modules.

The troubleshooting sequence is to start at the X-server base and work your way up.

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That’s the answer I needed. I thought it was supported now. I’ll put that 1060 back in my desktop and direct the heavier users to it.

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